Boltanski
The verdict
“Boltanski” is uncommon French (frequency #69,628 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,628
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boltanski · Boltanski · French
Boltanski · rank #69,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,628
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bombardant
Nearest frequency peer: bombardant (+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 « Boltanski »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bloquiste
bloquiste
30,377 corpus weight
- Boltanski
Boltanski
30,373 corpus weight
- bombardant
bombardant
30,372 corpus weight
- bonnasse
bonnasse
30,371 corpus weight
- bonobos
bonobos
30,370 corpus weight
- Bonsecours
Bonsecours
30,369 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Boltanski » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Boltanski |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Boltanski » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Boltanski is uncommon French at frequency #69,628 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Boltanski doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Boltanski, spelled B-O-L-T-A-N-S-K-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Boltanski appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle compte des œuvres majeures de l’art contemporain que l’on doit à de prestigieux artistes tels que Arman, Yves Klein, Niki de Saint Phalle, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nan Goldin, Annette Messager, César, etc.
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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