boucher

\bu.ʃe\

/\bu.ʃe\/ verb

The verdict

“boucher” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,931. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,931
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fermer une ouverture ou ce qui présente une ouverture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boucher · boucher · French

boucher · rank #6,931 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,931
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bonnet

Nearest frequency peer: bonnet (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « boucher »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « boucher » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

boucher vs bouger
71% similar
boucher vs boucle
71% similar
boucher vs bouder
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for boucher
PropertyValue
Headwordboucher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bu.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,931
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boucher »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).boucherse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bonnet » (#6,930), « bouffer » (#6,932), « Biologie » (#6,929). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boucher » est au #6,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around boucher (IPA \bu.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,931 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for boucher, with forms such as "bboucher", "bocuher", and "bouccher". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bouger", "boucle", "bouder", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 boucher, spelled B-O-U-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fermer une ouverture ou ce qui présente une ouverture.
  2. 2
    Payer quelque dette, compenser ou dédommager de quelque perte.
  3. 3
    Se fermer.
  4. 4
    Faire son lit ; ajuster les draps et les couvertures.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les couches supérieures étant tout-à-fait meubles, il eût fallu un orifice très large à cette excavation pour que les éboulements ne la bouchassent pas en même temps qu'on la creusait.
  2. Ceux-ci enterrent, dans une cachette creusée sous l'escalier de la chambre du sacristain, la châsse de Notre-Dame, tous les reliquaires, les bijoux, les chapes de drap d'or, et bouchent le trou avec du plâtre; […].

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboucher
  • bocuher
  • bouccher
  • boucehr
  • boucherr
  • bouchher
  • bouchre
  • bouhcer
  • buocher
  • obucher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boucher - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bboucher1bocuher2bouccher1boucehr2boucherr1bouchher1bouchre2bouhcer2
Edit distance from "boucher"

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 "boucher"?
"boucher" is spelled B-O-U-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.ʃe\.
What does "boucher" mean?
As a verb, "boucher" means: Fermer une ouverture ou ce qui présente une ouverture.
What words are commonly confused with "boucher"?
"boucher" is commonly confused with "bouger", "boucle", "bouder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boucher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boucher" is \bu.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boucher" come from?
"boucher" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list