bouillons

\bu.jɔ̃\

/\bu.jɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“bouillons” is uncommon French (frequency #53,816 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,816
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-bouillons · bouillons · French

bouillons · rank #53,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,816
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouffant

Nearest frequency peer: bouffant (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bouillons »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bouillons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bouillons
PropertyValue
Headwordbouillons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.jɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,816
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bouillons » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bouillonstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bouffant » (#53,815), « Bournemouth » (#53,817), « Boudreau » (#53,814). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bouillons » est au #53,816. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bouillons is uncommon French at frequency #53,816 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de bouillon.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bouillons, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bouillons, spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bouillon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ces fosses, d’ordinaire, bouillottaient évidemment sous le jus des cadavres mais, arrosées et baignées par la pluie maintenant, elles bouillaient à gros bouillons comme d’infâmes soupes.

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 "bouillons"?
"bouillons" is spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.jɔ̃\.
What does "bouillons" mean?
As a noun, "bouillons" means: Pluriel de bouillon.
How do you pronounce "bouillons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouillons" is \bu.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list