bouddhas

\bu.da\

/\bu.da\/ noun

The verdict

“bouddhas” is uncommon French (frequency #61,351 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,351
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bouddha.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bouddhas · bouddhas · French

bouddhas · rank #61,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,351
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bonneuil

Nearest frequency peer: Bonneuil (-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 « bouddhas »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bouddhas » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bouddhas
PropertyValue
Headwordbouddhas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.da\
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,351
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bouddhas » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bouddhastombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Bonneuil » (#61,350), « bondées » (#61,349), « bougnoule » (#61,353). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bouddhas » est au #61,351. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bouddhas is uncommon French at frequency #61,351 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de bouddha.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bouddhas in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bouddhas, spelled B-O-U-D-D-H-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bouddha.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ceux qui, renonçant à entrer dans l’état d’arhat et dans le nirvāṇa, se destinent à devenir des bouddhas en œuvrant pour le bien d’autrui sont appelés bodhisattva.

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 "bouddhas"?
"bouddhas" is spelled B-O-U-D-D-H-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.da\.
What does "bouddhas" mean?
As a noun, "bouddhas" means: Pluriel de bouddha.
How do you pronounce "bouddhas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouddhas" is \bu.da\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouddhas" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list