Boudreault
The verdict
“Boudreault” is uncommon French (frequency #92,489 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,489
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Boudreault |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Boudreault” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Boudreault is uncommon French at frequency #92,489 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Boudreault, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Boudreault, spelled B-O-U-D-R-E-A-U-L-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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 “Boudreault”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-D-R-E-A-U-L-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.