bougonner
\bu.ɡɔ.ne\
The verdict
“bougonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gronder entre ses dents.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bougonner · bougonner · French
bougonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | bougonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bu.ɡɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bougonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bougonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bu.ɡɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bougonner, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bougonner, spelled B-O-U-G-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gronder entre ses dents.
- 2Faire la tête.
- 3(transitif) Réprimander quelqu'un, lui faire des reproches, lui chercher querelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bougonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant à vous, bougonna-t-il à mon adresse, ne vous gênez pas pour moi, n’est-ce pas ?
Maigret revint sur ses pas pour payer le chauffeur, qui bougonna encore parce que, pour le tour de force qu’il avait réalisé, il ne recevait que cent francs.
This word in other languages
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.