boujera
The verdict
“boujera” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire d'une Poaceae (ex. Graminées) qui est cultivée en Afrique et en Inde pour l'usage alimentaire de ses graines et dont l'appellation binomiale est : Cenchrus americanus (ex.Penicilla...
Corpus desk
Index FR-boujera · boujera · French
boujera · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boujera |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
boujera is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom vernaculaire d'une Poaceae (ex. Graminées) qui est cultivée en Afrique et en Inde pour l'usage alimentaire de ses graines et dont l'appellation binomiale est : Cenchrus americanus (ex.Penicilla...".
Zero misspellings are on record for boujera in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is boujera, spelled B-O-U-J-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire d'une Poaceae (ex. Graminées) qui est cultivée en Afrique et en Inde pour l'usage alimentaire de ses graines et dont l'appellation binomiale est : Cenchrus americanus (ex.Penicillaria spicata).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boujera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le sorgho (Sorghum vulgare) et le boujera (Penicillaria spicata) nourissent la race nègre.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.