boucaille
\bu.kaj\
The verdict
“boucaille” 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) - Pêche des boucs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boucaille · boucaille · French
boucaille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | boucaille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.kaj\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boucaille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boucaille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.kaj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
boucaille has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is boucaille, spelled B-O-U-C-A-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Pêche des boucs.
- 2Petite pluie fine accompagnée de brume, sans vent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boucaille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En Aunis, c’est exclusivement à la boucaille, mélangée quelque fois de petits poissons […] que l’on donne le nom de santé.
En prévision de ce qu'en temps de « boucaille », un voilier ou vapeur peut être en peu de temps rattrapé par un navire à grande vitesse […]
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.