bolle

noun

The verdict

“bolle” is uncommon French (frequency #71,296 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,296
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Une personne qui impressionne par l’étendue ses connaissances, ses capacités intellectuelles.

Key facts for bolle
PropertyValue
Headwordbolle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#71,296
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bolle” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bolle lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bolle is uncommon French at frequency #71,296 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Une personne qui impressionne par l’étendue ses connaissances, ses capacités intellectuelles.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bolle in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bolle, spelled B-O-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Une personne qui impressionne par l’étendue ses connaissances, ses capacités intellectuelles.

Synonyms

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 "bolle"?
"bolle" is spelled B-O-L-L-E.
What does "bolle" mean?
As a noun, "bolle" means: Une personne qui impressionne par l’étendue ses connaissances, ses capacités intellectuelles.
What language does "bolle" come from?
"bolle" 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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Using “bolle”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-O-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list