bouchon

/\bu.ʃɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,613

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

bouchon is aFrenchnoun. It means: Objet qui sert à boucher, en particulier des bouteilles. Pronounced \bu.ʃɔ̃\. It ranks #9,613 in French word frequency. Often confused with bouton and boulon.

Key facts for bouchon
PropertyValue
Headwordbouchon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.ʃɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,613
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bouchon in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bouchon is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.ʃɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,613 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for bouchon, with forms such as "bbouchon", "bocuhon", and "boucchon". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "bouton", "boulon", "bougon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bouchon, spelled B-O-U-C-H-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objet qui sert à boucher, en particulier des bouteilles.
  2. 2
    Quantité correspondant au contenu d’un bouchon.
  3. 3
    Flotteur d’une ligne de pêche.
  4. 4
    Ce qui obstrue une voie de circulation.
  5. 5
    Ce qui obstrue un tuyau.
  6. 6
    Phénomène qui empêche ou ralentit le libre accomplissement d'un grand nombre d'actions ayant des destinations apparentées.
  7. 7
    Adaptateur USB destiné aux communications sans-fil (wifi, Bluetooth, infrarouge).
  8. 8
    Poignée de paille, ou de foin, tortillée.
  9. 9
    Tas, paquet de linge, ou de vêtements, froissés, chiffonnés, tortillés.
  10. 10
    Rameau de verdure, couronne de lierre ou quelque autre signe qu’on attache à une maison pour faire connaître qu’on y vend du vin.
  11. 11
    Restaurant ; auberge ; cabaret.
  12. 12
    Petite bouchée de viande de porc entourée de nouilles cuites à la vapeur que l’on sert généralement en tant qu’apéritif chaud dans certaines îles de l’océan Indien et notamment sur l’île de La Réunion.
  13. 13
    Terme d'affection à l'égard d'un enfant ou d'une jeune fille
  14. 14
    Buisson.
  15. 15
    Plaquage rugueux, violent.
  16. 16
    Code qui n'effectue aucun traitement et retourne toujours le même résultat.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbouchon,bocuhon,boucchon,bouchhon,bouchno,bouchonn,boucohn,bouhcon,buochon,obuchon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bouchon

Misspelling Variants of "bouchon"

bbouchon8bocuhon7boucchon8bouchhon8bouchno7bouchonn8boucohn7bouhcon7
Misspelling Variants of "bouchon"

Frequency rank: #9,613 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bouchon"?
"bouchon" is spelled B-O-U-C-H-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.ʃɔ̃\.
What does "bouchon" mean?
As a noun, "bouchon" means: Objet qui sert à boucher, en particulier des bouteilles.
What words are commonly confused with "bouchon"?
"bouchon" is commonly confused with "bouton", "boulon", "bougon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bouchon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouchon" is \bu.ʃɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouchon" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.