bouilli
\bu.ji\
The verdict
“bouilli” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,301
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on a fait bouillir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bouilli · bouilli · French
bouilli · rank #43,301 · 7 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,301
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bordélique
Nearest frequency peer: bordélique (-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 « bouilli »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bonneau
bonneau
56,703 corpus weight
- bordels
bordels
56,702 corpus weight
- bordélique
bordélique
56,701 corpus weight
- bouilli
bouilli
56,700 corpus weight
- boulimie
boulimie
56,699 corpus weight
- branlent
branlent
56,697 corpus weight
What this shows « bouilli » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bouilli |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bu.ji\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bouilli »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around bouilli (IPA \bu.ji\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,301 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bouilli, with forms such as "bbouilli", "boiulli", and "bouili". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "bouillon", "bouillir", "bouillie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bouilli, spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-I.
Definition
- 1Qu’on a fait bouillir.
- 2Congestionné, les traits défaits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bouilli appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’étaient des restes de bœuf bouilli achetés chez un rôtisseur tant soit peu regrattier, et fricassés au beurre avec des oignons coupés en tranches minces, jusqu’à ce que le beurre fût absorbé par la viande et par les oignons, de manière que ce mets de portier présentât l’aspect d’une friture.
En réalité, ce vin du Caucase, quelque peu aigrelet, accompagne convenablement la poule bouillie, disons le « pilau », – ce qui permet de lui trouver une saveur spéciale.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbouilli
- boiulli
- bouili
- bouilil
- boulili
- buoilli
- obuilli
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bouilli - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).