bouddhisme
\bu.dism\
The verdict
“bouddhisme” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,577 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,577
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Voie religieuse orientale née en Inde au VIᵉ siècle avant notre ère, et fondée sur un triple socle appelé « les trois joyaux » : les bouddhistes déclarent prendre refuge dans le Bouddha (le fondate...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bouddhisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.dism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bouddhisme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bouddhisme is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.dism\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,577 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Voie religieuse orientale née en Inde au VIᵉ siècle avant notre ère, et fondée sur un triple socle appelé « les trois joyaux » : les bouddhistes déclarent prendre refuge dans le Bouddha (le fondate...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for bouddhisme, with forms such as "bbouddhisme", "bodudhisme", and "bouddhhisme". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bouddhiste", "bouddhistes", "bouddhique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bouddhisme, spelled B-O-U-D-D-H-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Voie religieuse orientale née en Inde au VIᵉ siècle avant notre ère, et fondée sur un triple socle appelé « les trois joyaux » : les bouddhistes déclarent prendre refuge dans le Bouddha (le fondateur), dans le Dharma (la doctrine du Bouddha) et dans le Sangha (la communauté des croyants).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbouddhisme,bodudhisme,bouddhhisme,bouddhimse,bouddhisem,bouddhismme,bouddhissme,bouddhsime,bouddihsme,boudhdisme,boudhisme,buoddhisme,obuddhisme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bouddhisme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “bouddhisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-D-D-H-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bu.dism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bouddhiste” - see the side-by-side comparison. bouddhisme vs bouddhiste
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.