bottle
\ˈbɑɾ.l̩\
The verdict
“bottle” is uncommon French (frequency #62,103 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,103
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bouteille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bottle · bottle · French
bottle · rank #62,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,103
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Bost
Nearest frequency peer: Bost (-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 « bottle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Boonen
Boonen
37,900 corpus weight
- Bost
Bost
37,899 corpus weight
- bottle
bottle
37,898 corpus weight
- boudeuse
boudeuse
37,897 corpus weight
- Bourvil
Bourvil
37,896 corpus weight
- boycottent
boycottent
37,895 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bottle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bottle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbɑɾ.l̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bottle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bottle is uncommon French at frequency #62,103 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbɑɾ.l̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bottle in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bottle, spelled B-O-T-T-L-E.
Definition
- 1Bouteille.
- 2Biberon (pour allaiter un enfant).
Synonyms
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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