bougon

\bu.ɡɔ̃\

/\bu.ɡɔ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“bougon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,033. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,033
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans queue ni tête.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bougon · bougon · French

bougon · rank #46,033 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,033
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bonneval

Nearest frequency peer: Bonneval (-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 « bougon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bougon » 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).

bougon vs bouin
67% similar
bougon vs boulot
67% similar
bougon vs bouton
83% similar

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

Key facts for bougon
PropertyValue
Headwordbougon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bu.ɡɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,033
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bougon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bougonse 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 « Bonneval » (#46,032), « Bratislava » (#46,034), « Bonnefoy » (#46,031). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bougon » est au #46,033. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bougon (IPA \bu.ɡɔ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,033 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sans queue ni tête.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bougon, with forms such as "bbougon", "boguon", and "bouggon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bouin", "boulot", "bouton", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bougon, spelled B-O-U-G-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sans queue ni tête.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Hareng bougon.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbougon
  • boguon
  • bouggon
  • bougno
  • bougonn
  • bouogn
  • buogon
  • obugon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbougon1boguon2bouggon1bougno2bougonn1bouogn2buogon2obugon2
Edit distance from "bougon"

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 "bougon"?
"bougon" is spelled B-O-U-G-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.ɡɔ̃\.
What does "bougon" mean?
As an adjective, "bougon" means: Sans queue ni tête.
What words are commonly confused with "bougon"?
"bougon" is commonly confused with "bouin", "boulot", "bouton". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bougon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bougon" is \bu.ɡɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bougon" come from?
"bougon" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Buddha#46,040besace#46,025belote#46,024Callie#46,046

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

belette8 variantsbattles8 variantsaffable8 variantsCoulon8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list