bôme
\bom\
The verdict
“bôme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bome · bôme · French
bôme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bôme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bom\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bôme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bôme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bom\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bôme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Brendan se baissa au passage de la bôme et se retourna en serrant fortement le cordage de celle-ci avec la main qui tenait le gouvernail.
Voyons… la bôme, tu sais ce que c’est ?
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.