bolivar

/\bɔ.li.vaʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,672

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

bolivar is aFrenchnoun. It means: Chapeau évasé en vogue en France vers 1820, imité des chapeaux qu’avait coutume de porter Simón Bolívar. Pronounced \bɔ.li.vaʁ\. Often confused with Bolivie.

Key facts for bolivar
PropertyValue
Headwordbolivar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ.li.vaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,672
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bolivar in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bolivar is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔ.li.vaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,672 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for bolivar, with forms such as "bbolivar", "bloivar", and "boilvar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Bolivie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bolivar, spelled B-O-L-I-V-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chapeau évasé en vogue en France vers 1820, imité des chapeaux qu’avait coutume de porter Simón Bolívar.
  2. 2
    Sorte de flanelle.
  3. 3
    Unité monétaire du Venezuela.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbolivar,bloivar,boilvar,boliavr,bolivarr,bolivra,bolivvar,bollivar,bolviar,oblivar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bolivar

Misspelling Variants of "bolivar"

bbolivar8bloivar7boilvar7boliavr7bolivarr8bolivra7bolivvar8bollivar8
Misspelling Variants of "bolivar"

Frequency rank: #39,672 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bolivar"?
"bolivar" is spelled B-O-L-I-V-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.li.vaʁ\.
What does "bolivar" mean?
As a noun, "bolivar" means: Chapeau évasé en vogue en France vers 1820, imité des chapeaux qu’avait coutume de porter Simón Bolívar.
What words are commonly confused with "bolivar"?
"bolivar" is commonly confused with "Bolivie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bolivar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bolivar" is \bɔ.li.vaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bolivar" come from?
"bolivar" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.