bouillir

\bu.jiʁ\

/\bu.jiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“bouillir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,560
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être dans l’état d’ébullition.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bouillir · bouillir · French

bouillir · rank #16,560 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,560
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bougent

Nearest frequency peer: bougent (-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 « bouillir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bouillir » 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).

bouillir vs bouillon
75% similar
bouillir vs brouiller
78% similar
bouillir vs bousiller
78% similar

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

Key facts for bouillir
PropertyValue
Headwordbouillir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bu.jiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,560
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bouillir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bouillirse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bougent » (#16,559), « bruyant » (#16,561), « Biélorussie » (#16,558). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bouillir » est au #16,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bouillir (IPA \bu.jiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,560 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bouillir, with forms such as "bbouillir", "boiullir", and "bouililr". 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", "brouiller", "bousiller", 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 bouillir, spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être dans l’état d’ébullition.
  2. 2
    Cuire dans l’eau ou dans un autre liquide porté à ébullition.
  3. 3
    Porter à ébullition le récipient où l’on fait cuire quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Fermenter, en parlant du raisin dans la cuve après la vendange. → voir bouillage et bouillaison
  5. 5
    Être émotionnellement excité ou agité, au point d’avoir de la difficulté à se contenir.
  6. 6
    Porter à ébullition.
  7. 7
    former des bouillons, des bulles de fusion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est de fait que le mercure sur lequel on fait bouillir de l'eau, communique à ce liquide la vertu la plus vermifuge ; […].
  2. Cette opération, qui se fait dans un appareil analogue à l’appareil distillatoire, est fondée sur la différence de volatilité de l’alcool et des huiles odorantes qui ne bouillent, en général, qu’à des températures bien supérieures à 100°.

This word in other languages

boil(English)hervir(Español)brausen(Deutsch)ferver(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbouillir
  • boiullir
  • bouililr
  • bouilir
  • bouillirr
  • bouillri
  • boulilir
  • buoillir
  • obuillir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbouillir1boiullir2bouililr2bouilir1bouillirr1bouillri2boulilir2buoillir2
Edit distance from "bouillir"

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 "bouillir"?
"bouillir" is spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.jiʁ\.
What does "bouillir" mean?
As a verb, "bouillir" means: Être dans l’état d’ébullition.
What words are commonly confused with "bouillir"?
"bouillir" is commonly confused with "bouillon", "brouiller", "bousiller". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bouillir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouillir" is \bu.jiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouillir" come from?
"bouillir" 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 "bouillir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Birmanie#16,556apparent#16,545Ambroise#16,542conduira#16,580

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Bachar9 variantsaccroît9 variantsabattoir9 variantsgaming9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list