Bolloré
\bɔ.lɔ.ʁe\
The verdict
“Bolloré” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,356. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,356
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille breton.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bollore · Bolloré · French
Bolloré · rank #17,356 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,356
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bibliothécaire
Nearest frequency peer: bibliothécaire (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Bolloré”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bannir
bannir
82,648 corpus weight
- Beauce
Beauce
82,647 corpus weight
- bibliothéca…
bibliothécaire
82,646 corpus weight
- Bolloré
Bolloré
82,645 corpus weight
- cactus
cactus
82,644 corpus weight
- Cahuzac
Cahuzac
82,643 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Bolloré” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bolloré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.lɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Bolloré” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Bolloré (IPA \bɔ.lɔ.ʁe\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,356 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bolloré, with forms such as "bbolloré", "bloloré", and "bollore". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Bolloré, spelled B-O-L-L-O-R-É.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille breton.
- 2Nom de famille breton.
- 3Nom de famille breton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bolloré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’incendie à Grand-Couronne, près de Rouen (Seine-Maritime), lundi, a touché deux entrepôts loués par Bolloré Logistics.
La rédaction est en grève depuis jeudi pour tenter d’empêcher l'arrivée de Geoffroy Lejeune, tout juste licencié de Valeurs actuelles, à la tête du journal, désormais contrôlé par Vincent Bolloré.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbolloré
- bloloré
- bollore
- bollorré
- bolloér
- bollroé
- bololré
- boloré
- oblloré
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bolloré - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bolloré", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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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.