bouillie

/\bu.ji\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,459

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

bouillie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte d’aliment qui est fait de lait ou d’un autre liquide et de farine bouillis ensemble jusqu’à une certaine consistance et qu’on donne ordinairement aux petits enfants. Pronounced \bu.ji\. Often confused with bouillon and bouillir.

Key facts for bouillie
PropertyValue
Headwordbouillie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.ji\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,459
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bouillie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bouillie is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.ji\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,459 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for bouillie, with forms such as "bbouillie", "boiullie", and "bouilie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "bouillon", "bouillir", "brouille", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bouillie, spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte d’aliment qui est fait de lait ou d’un autre liquide et de farine bouillis ensemble jusqu’à une certaine consistance et qu’on donne ordinairement aux petits enfants.
  2. 2
    Façon de s'exprimer confuse et peu articulée.
  3. 3
    Chiffons bouillis et réduits en pâte liquide avec lesquels se fabriquaient le papier et le carton.
  4. 4
    Tous mélanges pâteux même obtenus à froid.
  5. 5
    Bouillie bordelaise ou bouillie bourguignonne.
  6. 6
    Suspension épaisse d’un matériau insoluble dans un liquide.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbouillie,boiullie,bouilie,bouilile,bouillei,boulilie,buoillie,obuillie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bouillie

Misspelling Variants of "bouillie"

bbouillie9boiullie8bouilie7bouilile8bouillei8boulilie8buoillie8obuillie8
Misspelling Variants of "bouillie"

Frequency rank: #19,459 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bouillie"?
"bouillie" is spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.ji\.
What does "bouillie" mean?
As a noun, "bouillie" means: Sorte d’aliment qui est fait de lait ou d’un autre liquide et de farine bouillis ensemble jusqu’à une certaine consistance et qu’on donne ordinairement aux petits enfants.
What words are commonly confused with "bouillie"?
"bouillie" is commonly confused with "bouillon", "bouillir", "brouille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bouillie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouillie" is \bu.ji\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouillie" come from?
"bouillie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.