bossuer
\bɔ.sɥe\
The verdict
“bossuer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déformer par des bosses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bossuer · bossuer · French
bossuer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bossuer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bɔ.sɥe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bossuer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bossuer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bɔ.sɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Déformer par des bosses.".
bossuer has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bossuer, spelled B-O-S-S-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Déformer par des bosses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bossuer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bossuer une cuiller d’argent. — Bossuer un casque, une cuirasse. — Ce plat d’argent, d’étain, s’est bossué en tombant.
Sur le revers d’une de ces collines décharnées qui bossuent les Landes, entre Dax et Mont-de-Marsan, s’élevait, sous le règne de Louis XIII, une de ces gentilhommières si communes en Gascogne, et que les villageois décorent du nom de château.
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.