bols

\bɔl\

/\bɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“bols” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,251. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,251
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-bols · bols · French

bols · rank #29,251 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,251
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bolide

Nearest frequency peer: bolide (-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 « bols »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bols » 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).

bols vs BS
0% similar
bols vs bon
50% similar
bols vs bus
50% similar

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

Key facts for bols
PropertyValue
Headwordbols
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔl\
Letters4
Frequency rank#29,251
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bols »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bolide » (#29,250), « bordures » (#29,252), « blockbuster » (#29,249). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bols » est au #29,251. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bols (IPA \bɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,251 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bol.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bols, with forms such as "bbols", "blos", and "bolls". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BS", "bon", "bus", and more, 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. The correct French form is bols, spelled B-O-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bol.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’air léger, à haute dose d’oxygène, le changement de régime alimentaire, les bols de lait bourru absorbés à la porte de l’étable et puisés à même le ciselin, le poids de la fatigue accumulée durant l’année citadine, la tension nerveuse privée d’objet qui tout à coup se détend.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbols
  • blos
  • bolls
  • bolss
  • bosl
  • obls

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bols - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbols1blos2bolls1bolss1bosl2obls2
Edit distance from "bols"

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 "bols"?
"bols" is spelled B-O-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔl\.
What does "bols" mean?
As a noun, "bols" means: Pluriel de bol.
What words are commonly confused with "bols"?
"bols" is commonly confused with "BS", "bon", "bus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bols"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bols" is \bɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bols" come from?
"bols" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bure#29,261chow#29,281como#29,2912nde#29,209

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

baule6 variantscaddie6 variantsauger6 variantszappé6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list