bouillie

\bu.ji\

/\bu.ji\/ noun

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The verdict

“bouillie” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,459. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,459
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bouillie · bouillie · French

bouillie · rank #19,459 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,459
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bonn

Nearest frequency peer: Bonn (-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 « bouillie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bouillie » 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).

bouillie vs bouillon
75% similar
bouillie vs bouillir
88% similar
bouillie vs brouille
75% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bouillie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bouilliese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Bonn » (#19,458), « bovins » (#19,460), « blogue » (#19,457). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bouillie » est au #19,459. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bouillie (IPA \bu.ji\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,459 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bouillie, with forms such as "bbouillie", "boiullie", and "bouilie". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "bouillon", "bouillir", "brouille", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bouillie, spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-I-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La laitière s’en va faire la bouillie à ses moutards, traire ses vaches, chercher de l’herbe pour ses lapins.
  2. Il avait dans la bouche, en parlant, une bouillie qui était adorable parce qu’on sentait qu’elle trahissait moins un défaut de la langue qu’une qualité de l’âme, comme un reste de l’innocence du premier âge qu’il n’avait jamais perdue.

This word in other languages

gruel(English)papilla(Español)Brei(Deutsch)mingau(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbouillie
  • boiullie
  • bouilie
  • bouilile
  • bouillei
  • boulilie
  • buoillie
  • obuillie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bouillie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbouillie1boiullie2bouilie1bouilile2bouillei2boulilie2buoillie2obuillie2
Edit distance from "bouillie"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brassard#19,461carapace#19,468casseurs#19,472celtique#19,474

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

blogue8 variantsbanks8 variantsavérée8 variantsCavani8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list