Bote
\ˈboːtə\
The verdict
“Bote” is uncommon French (frequency #94,549 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,549
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Messager.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bote · Bote · French
Bote · rank #94,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,549
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Botrytis
Nearest frequency peer: Botrytis (+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 « Bote »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bornées
bornées
5,455 corpus weight
- bosman
bosman
5,454 corpus weight
- Bote
Bote
5,452 corpus weight
- Botrytis
Botrytis
5,451 corpus weight
- bottega
bottega
5,450 corpus weight
- Bouchra
Bouchra
5,449 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bote » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bote |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈboːtə\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bote » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bote is uncommon French at frequency #94,549 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈboːtə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Bote has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Bote, spelled B-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Messager.
- 2Livreur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sogenannte Messenger-RNA (mRNA) sind - wie ihr Name nahelegt - Boten in menschlichen Zellen.
Eine Woche vor dem besagten Tag lässt Blake eine Pizza an Kens Adresse liefern. Der Bote klingelt, Ken öffnet, ohne zu zögern, die Tür, diskutiert, verwundert, mit dem Angestellten, der mit seiner Schachtel wieder davonzieht.
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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