bosque

\bɔsk\

/\bɔsk\/ verb

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The verdict

“bosque” is uncommon French (frequency #63,570 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,570
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de bosquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bosque · bosque · French

bosque · rank #63,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,570
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouboule

Nearest frequency peer: bouboule (+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 « bosque »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bosque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bosque
PropertyValue
Headwordbosque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɔsk\
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,570
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bosque » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bosquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bouboule » (#63,571), « Borromée » (#63,568), « boudet » (#63,572). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bosque » est au #63,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bosque is uncommon French at frequency #63,570 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \bɔsk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bosque, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bosque, spelled B-O-S-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de bosquer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de bosquer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de bosquer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de bosquer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de bosquer.

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 "bosque"?
"bosque" is spelled B-O-S-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔsk\.
What does "bosque" mean?
As a verb, "bosque" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de bosquer.
How do you pronounce "bosque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bosque" is \bɔsk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bosque" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

boudet#63,572bonsaï#63,566bruine#63,579brûles#63,581

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list