bottillon
\bɔ.ti.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“bottillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bottine pour homme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bottillon · bottillon · French
bottillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | bottillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.ti.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bottillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bottillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.ti.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bottine pour homme.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bottillon, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bottillon, spelled B-O-T-T-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Bottine pour homme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bottillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En fait de belles choses, Nicolas admirait surtout les bottillons de cuir noir qu’il s’était offerts avec ses bénéfices de décembre et de janvier. Il allongea la jambe, tourna le pied à droite, à gauche, et la lumière de l’ampoule électrique joua sur la boucle de métal qui fermait la chaussure à hauteur de cheville. Tout le chic de l’Angleterre s’était ré…
Sa quête ne souffrait plus d’accalmie et Louise allait maintenant d’un trottoir à l’autre, sans souci des dangers de la chaussée, attirée par la fatigue ou l’éclat d’un chevreau, ballerine ou richelieu, bottillon ou petit soulier, séminariste ou semi-poulaine, boucle, élastiques ou boutons.
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.