Borromée
\bɔ.ʁɔ.me\
The verdict
“Borromée” is uncommon French (frequency #63,568 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,568
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille italien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-borromee · Borromée · French
Borromée · rank #63,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,568
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Bontemps
Nearest frequency peer: Bontemps (-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 « Borromée »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Bologna
Bologna
36,437 corpus weight
- bonsaï
bonsaï
36,435 corpus weight
- Bontemps
Bontemps
36,434 corpus weight
- Borromée
Borromée
36,433 corpus weight
- bosque
bosque
36,431 corpus weight
- bouboule
bouboule
36,430 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Borromée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Borromée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.ʁɔ.me\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Borromée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Borromée is uncommon French at frequency #63,568 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bɔ.ʁɔ.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille italien.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Borromée in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Borromée, spelled B-O-R-R-O-M-É-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille italien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Borromée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Saint Charles Borromée.
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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