boudin noir
\bu.dɛ̃ nwaʁ\
The verdict
“boudin noir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Charcuterie fabriquée à partir de sang de porc et de condiments.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boudin-noir · boudin noir · French
boudin noir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | boudin noir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.dɛ̃ nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
boudin noir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.dɛ̃ nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Charcuterie fabriquée à partir de sang de porc et de condiments.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for boudin noir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is boudin noir, spelled B-O-U-D-I-N- -N-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Charcuterie fabriquée à partir de sang de porc et de condiments.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boudin noir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
les boudins noirs, dans le chant clair des saucisses, mettaient les ténèbres d’une indigestion formidable
This word in other languages
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