boost

\bust\

/\bust\/ noun

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The verdict

“boost” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,377. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,377
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Augmentation importante mais de durée limitée des capacités d'un personnage ou d'un véhicule dans un jeu vidéo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boost · boost · French

boost · rank #20,377 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,377
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bombay

Nearest frequency peer: Bombay (-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 « boost »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « boost » 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).

boost vs bot
60% similar
boost vs bos
60% similar
boost vs bout
60% similar

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

Key facts for boost
PropertyValue
Headwordboost
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bust\
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,377
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boost »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Bombay » (#20,376), « bouleversements » (#20,378), « boko » (#20,375). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boost » est au #20,377. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around boost (IPA \bust\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,377 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Augmentation importante mais de durée limitée des capacités d'un personnage ou d'un véhicule dans un jeu vidéo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for boost, with forms such as "bboost", "boosst", and "boostt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bot", "bos", "bout", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is boost, spelled B-O-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Augmentation importante mais de durée limitée des capacités d'un personnage ou d'un véhicule dans un jeu vidéo.

This word in other languages

boost(English)aumento(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboost
  • boosst
  • boostt
  • bosot
  • bost
  • obost

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boost - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bboost1boosst1boostt1bosot2bost1obost2
Edit distance from "boost"

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 "boost"?
"boost" is spelled B-O-O-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bust\.
What does "boost" mean?
As a noun, "boost" means: Augmentation importante mais de durée limitée des capacités d'un personnage ou d'un véhicule dans un jeu vidéo.
What words are commonly confused with "boost"?
"boost" is commonly confused with "bot", "bos", "bout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boost"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boost" is \bust\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boost" come from?
"boost" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

beurk#20,373canoë#20,381arabo#20,353Albin#20,342

Similar misspelling depth

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

assoir6 variantsConnor6 variantsAdama6 variantsépine6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list