Bollène
The verdict
“Bollène” is uncommon French (frequency #67,329 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,329
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Vaucluse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bollene · Bollène · French
Bollène · rank #67,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,329
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH boll
Nearest frequency peer: boll (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Bollène »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bolcheviques
bolcheviques
32,675 corpus weight
- boliviens
boliviens
32,674 corpus weight
- boll
boll
32,673 corpus weight
- Bollène
Bollène
32,672 corpus weight
- bonzes
bonzes
32,671 corpus weight
- bory
bory
32,669 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bollène » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bollène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bollène » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bollène is uncommon French at frequency #67,329 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Bollène has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Bollène, spelled B-O-L-L-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Vaucluse.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de Vaucluse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bollène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des salariés en grève contre la réforme des retraites avaient bloqué les écluses de Bollène dans le Vaucluse et de Vaugris en Isère depuis le 16 mars dernier, bloquant ainsi le passage pour les bateaux.
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.
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