bouh

\bu\

/\bu\/ intj

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The verdict

“bouh” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,206. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,206
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raillerie, ou huée de désapprobation, pour conspuer quelqu'un. → voir ouh et hou

Corpus desk

Index FR-bouh · bouh · French

bouh · rank #37,206 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,206
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouchet

Nearest frequency peer: bouchet (-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 « bouh »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bouh » 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).

bouh vs bu
50% similar
bouh vs but
50% similar
bouh vs bus
50% similar

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

Key facts for bouh
PropertyValue
Headwordbouh
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\bu\
Letters4
Frequency rank#37,206
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bouh »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bouhse 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 « bouchet » (#37,205), « braconniers » (#37,207), « Bor » (#37,204). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bouh » est au #37,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around bouh (IPA \bu\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #37,206 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for bouh, with forms such as "bbouh", "bohu", and "bouhh". 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, "bu", "but", "bus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bouh, spelled B-O-U-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Raillerie, ou huée de désapprobation, pour conspuer quelqu'un. → voir ouh et hou
  2. 2
    Exclamation de tristesse ou de dégoût.
  3. 3
    Exclamation pour surprendre ou effrayer quelqu'un, généralement quelqu'un que l'on connait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. – Oui, pauvre chérie. Un instant d'inattention et voilà le travail... Hein, ma pucinette, que voilà le travail, bouh bouh bouh...
  2. Bouh, où t’es-tu sali comme ça ?

This word in other languages

boo(English)bu(Español)buh(Deutsch)bu(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbouh
  • bohu
  • bouhh
  • buoh
  • obuh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bouh - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbouh1bohu2bouhh1buoh2obuh2
Edit distance from "bouh"

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 "bouh"?
"bouh" is spelled B-O-U-H. The IPA pronunciation is \bu\.
What does "bouh" mean?
As an interjection, "bouh" means: Raillerie, ou huée de désapprobation, pour conspuer quelqu'un. → voir ouh et hou
What words are commonly confused with "bouh"?
"bouh" is commonly confused with "bu", "but", "bus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bouh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouh" is \bu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouh" come from?
"bouh" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bild#37,199capa#37,218CJUE#37,232cock#37,235

Similar misspelling depth

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

burin5 variantsAQMI5 variantszorro5 variantswife5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list