boudotte
\bu.dɔt\
The verdict
“boudotte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombril.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boudotte · boudotte · French
boudotte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | boudotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.dɔt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boudotte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boudotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.dɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for boudotte, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 boudotte, spelled B-O-U-D-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Nombril.
- 2Bosse de la madeleine (gâteau).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boudotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce biscuit en forme de conque surmontée d'une petite rondeur blonde, appelée «boudotte», fut inventé par Madeleine, jeune soubrette du Duc.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.