bouif
\bwif\
The verdict
“bouif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Savetier ; cordonnier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bouif · bouif · French
bouif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bouif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwif\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bouif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Savetier ; cordonnier.".
bouif doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bouif, spelled B-O-U-I-F.
Definition
- 1Savetier ; cordonnier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bouif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il nous appelle fainéants ? un crampu qui ne saurait lever ses quilles du tabouret. Mais les jambes te remonteraient jusqu'à la gruette, pauvre bouif !
Moi, je suis une artiste, mais lui, tout ce qu'il a récolté, c'est d'être un bouif chez qui on ne met les pieds qu'à la toute dernière extrémité de la semelle !
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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.