bouilloire

\buj.waʁ\

/\buj.waʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bouilloire” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,174. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,174
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récipient destiné à faire chauffer ou bouillir un liquide potable, souvent pourvu d’une anse et d’un bec verseur. Les modèles traditionnels se posent sur une source de chaleur, les modèles électriq...

Corpus desk

Index FR-bouilloire · bouilloire · French

bouilloire · rank #38,174 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,174
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bougera

Nearest frequency peer: bougera (-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 « bouilloire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bouilloire » 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).

bouilloire vs bouillir
80% similar
bouilloire vs bouillie
80% similar

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

Key facts for bouilloire
PropertyValue
Headwordbouilloire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\buj.waʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#38,174
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bouilloire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bouilloirese 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 « bougera » (#38,173), « bourdonnement » (#38,175), « boueux » (#38,172). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bouilloire » est au #38,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bouilloire (IPA \buj.waʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,174 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bouilloire, with forms such as "bbouilloire", "boiulloire", and "bouilliore". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bouillir", "bouillie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bouilloire, spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récipient destiné à faire chauffer ou bouillir un liquide potable, souvent pourvu d’une anse et d’un bec verseur. Les modèles traditionnels se posent sur une source de chaleur, les modèles électriques on un mode de chauffage intégré.
  2. 2
    Appareil qui fait chauffer quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Récipient en plastique destiné à faire des ablutions musulmanes, se laver aux toilettes ou disposer de l'eau propre pour faire la cuisine, préparer le thé ou se laver les mains.
  4. 4
    Groupe de rapaces migrateurs ou troupeau d’oiseaux de proie, lorsqu’ils sont en vol.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il pensa pendant un instant qu’il s'était endormi à la petite table de la cuisine et que la bouilloire sifflait.
  2. Elle avait mis la bouilloire et la cafetière en route et elle glissait des tranches de pain dans le toaster.

Synonyms

bouillottecoquemarbombe

This word in other languages

kettle(English)hervidor(Español)Kessel(Deutsch)chaleira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbouilloire
  • boiulloire
  • bouilliore
  • bouilloier
  • bouilloirre
  • bouillorie
  • bouiloire
  • bouilolire
  • bouliloire
  • buoilloire
  • obuilloire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbouilloire1boiulloire2bouilliore2bouilloier2bouilloirre1bouillorie2bouiloire1bouilolire2
Edit distance from "bouilloire"

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 "bouilloire"?
"bouilloire" is spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \buj.waʁ\.
What does "bouilloire" mean?
As a noun, "bouilloire" means: Récipient destiné à faire chauffer ou bouillir un liquide potable, souvent pourvu d’une anse et d’un bec verseur. Les modèles traditionnels se posent sur une source de chaleur, les modèles électriq...
What words are commonly confused with "bouilloire"?
"bouilloire" is commonly confused with "bouillir", "bouillie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bouilloire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouilloire" is \buj.waʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouilloire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

brigand11 variantsbloqueur11 variantsbroncos11 variantsCaligula11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list