boueux

\bu.ø\

/\bu.ø\/ adj

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The verdict

“boueux” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,172
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-boueux · boueux · French

boueux · rank #38,172 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,172
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bloqueur

Nearest frequency peer: bloqueur (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « boueux »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « boueux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

boueux vs boxeur
67% similar
boueux vs boyaux
67% similar
boueux vs bouseux
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for boueux
PropertyValue
Headwordboueux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bu.ø\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,172
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boueux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.boueuxse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bloqueur » (#38,171), « bougera » (#38,173), « blinde » (#38,170). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boueux » est au #38,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around boueux (IPA \bu.ø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,172 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for boueux, with forms such as "bboueux", "boeuux", and "boueuxx". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "boxeur", "boyaux", "bouseux", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is boueux, spelled B-O-U-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plein de boue.
  2. 2
    Par métaphore
  3. 3
    Semblable à la boue.
  4. 4
    Transformé en boue, détrempé.
  5. 5
    Grossier, sale, impur.
  6. 6
    Dont l’encre déborde du trait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Source boueuse, source dont l’eau est mêlée de boue minérale, utilisée dans certaines stations thermales.
  2. Les convois funèbres se succédaient, avec leurs escortes de sous-officiers boueux et de rosses efflanquées.

Synonyms

gadouilleuxfangeuxturbide

Antonyms

clairlimpide

This word in other languages

muddy(English)barroso(Español)schlammig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboueux
  • boeuux
  • boueuxx
  • bouexu
  • bouuex
  • buoeux
  • obueux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boueux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bboueux1boeuux2boueuxx1bouexu2bouuex2buoeux2obueux2
Edit distance from "boueux"

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 "boueux"?
"boueux" is spelled B-O-U-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.ø\.
What does "boueux" mean?
As an adjective, "boueux" means: Plein de boue.
What words are commonly confused with "boueux"?
"boueux" is commonly confused with "boxeur", "boyaux", "bouseux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boueux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boueux" is \bu.ø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boueux" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blinde#38,170burgos#38,181Butter#38,182Calder#38,185

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

baissez7 variantsaspen7 variantsArcep7 variantsColine7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list