bôme
\bom\
The verdict
“bôme” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Barre rigide prenant appui en bas du mât d’un bateau à voile et sur laquelle est fixée la partie inférieure de la grand-voile, ce qui permet de l’orienter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bôme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bom\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bôme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bôme is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bom\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Barre rigide prenant appui en bas du mât d’un bateau à voile et sur laquelle est fixée la partie inférieure de la grand-voile, ce qui permet de l’orienter.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bôme in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bôme, spelled B-Ô-M-E.
Definition
- 1Barre rigide prenant appui en bas du mât d’un bateau à voile et sur laquelle est fixée la partie inférieure de la grand-voile, ce qui permet de l’orienter.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bôme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-Ô-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bom\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.