bouger

/\bu.ʒe\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,057

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bouger is aFrenchverb. It means: Se déplacer d’un endroit vers un autre. Pronounced \bu.ʒe\. It ranks #3,057 in French word frequency. Often confused with boule and boyer.

Key facts for bouger
PropertyValue
Headwordbouger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bu.ʒe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,057
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bouger in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bouger is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.ʒe\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,057 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for bouger, with forms such as "bbouger", "boguer", and "bouegr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "boule", "boyer", "buter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bouger, spelled B-O-U-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se déplacer d’un endroit vers un autre.
  2. 2
    Mouvoir quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Mouvoir une partie du corps.
  4. 4
    Partir.
  5. 5
    Se déplacer, donner du mouvement.
  6. 6
    Sortir de l'inaction.
  7. 7
    S’agiter d’une manière hostile, se révolter.
  8. 8
    Amorcer un changement.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbouger,boguer,bouegr,bougerr,bougger,buoger,obuger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bouger

Misspelling Variants of "bouger"

bbouger7boguer6bouegr6bougerr7bougger7buoger6obuger6
Misspelling Variants of "bouger"

Frequency rank: #3,057 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bouger"?
"bouger" is spelled B-O-U-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.ʒe\.
What does "bouger" mean?
As a verb, "bouger" means: Se déplacer d’un endroit vers un autre.
What words are commonly confused with "bouger"?
"bouger" is commonly confused with "boule", "boyer", "buter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bouger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouger" is \bu.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouger" come from?
"bouger" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.