bottier

\bɔ.tje\

/\bɔ.tje\/ noun

The verdict

“bottier” is uncommon French (frequency #79,107 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,107
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cordonnier qui fait des bottes et aussi d’autres sortes de chaussures.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bottier · bottier · French

bottier · rank #79,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,107
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH botta

Nearest frequency peer: botta (-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 « bottier »

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 « bottier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bottier
PropertyValue
Headwordbottier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ.tje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,107
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bottier » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « botta » (#79,106), « bouffeurs » (#79,108), « borough » (#79,105). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bottier » est au #79,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bottier is uncommon French at frequency #79,107 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cordonnier qui fait des bottes et aussi d’autres sortes de chaussures.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bottier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bottier, spelled B-O-T-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cordonnier qui fait des bottes et aussi d’autres sortes de chaussures.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bottier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle chausse ses souliers de sport — les seuls permis à la Roquette puisque les talons bottier peuvent servir de cache.
  2. Le CFC de bottier, bottière orthopédiste permet d’accéder à la formation de la maturité professionnelle santé-social (MP-S2) d’une durée de 1 an.

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); 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 "bottier"?
"bottier" is spelled B-O-T-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.tje\.
What does "bottier" mean?
As a noun, "bottier" means: Cordonnier qui fait des bottes et aussi d’autres sortes de chaussures.
How do you pronounce "bottier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bottier" is \bɔ.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bottier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list