bolides

\bɔ.lid\

/\bɔ.lid\/ noun

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The verdict

“bolides” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,692
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bolide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bolides · bolides · French

bolides · rank #37,692 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,692
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bodin

Nearest frequency peer: Bodin (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bolides »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bolides » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bolides vs bridés
57% similar
bolides vs bondés
57% similar
bolides vs bordés
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bolides
PropertyValue
Headwordbolides
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ.lid\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,692
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bolides »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bolidesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Bodin » (#37,691), « blanchisserie » (#37,690), « boomers » (#37,694). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bolides » est au #37,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bolides (IPA \bɔ.lid\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,692 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bolide.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bolides, with forms such as "bbolides", "bloides", and "boildes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "bridés", "bondés", "bordés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bolides, spelled B-O-L-I-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bolide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bolides appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lors des essais libres de 6 Heures de Fuji, au Japon, les gagnants d’une loterie peuvent circuler au milieu des bolides, dont certains participeront, fin juin 2023, aux 24 Heures du Mans.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbolides
  • bloides
  • boildes
  • boldies
  • boliddes
  • bolidess
  • bolidse
  • bolieds
  • bollides
  • oblides

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bolides - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbolides1bloides2boildes2boldies2boliddes1bolidess1bolidse2bolieds2
Edit distance from "bolides"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bolides"?
"bolides" is spelled B-O-L-I-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.lid\.
What does "bolides" mean?
As a noun, "bolides" means: Pluriel de bolide.
What words are commonly confused with "bolides"?
"bolides" is commonly confused with "bridés", "bondés", "bordés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bolides"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bolides" is \bɔ.lid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bolides" come from?
"bolides" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bolides", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

boomers#37,694Beauvau#37,684bazooka#37,683broyeur#37,702

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

biliaire10 variantsBrecht10 variantsbavures10 variantsbancale10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list