boulangerie

/\bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁi\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,121

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

boulangerie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Lieu où est fabriqué et vendu le pain; souvent, des viennoiseries y sont également confectionnées et vendues. Pronounced \bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁi\. Often confused with boulangers and boulangeries.

Key facts for boulangerie
PropertyValue
Headwordboulangerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#10,121
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of boulangerie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for boulangerie is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,121 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for boulangerie, with forms such as "bboulangerie", "boluangerie", and "boualngerie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "boulangers", "boulangeries", "boulanger", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is boulangerie, spelled B-O-U-L-A-N-G-E-R-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu où est fabriqué et vendu le pain; souvent, des viennoiseries y sont également confectionnées et vendues.
  2. 2
    Fabrication et vente de pain et, souvent, de viennoiseries.
  3. 3
    Fonds de commerce d’un boulanger.
  4. 4
    L’univers du boulangisme.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bboulangerie,boluangerie,boualngerie,boulagnerie,boulanegrie,boulangeire,boulangerei,boulangerrie,boulanggerie,boulangreie,boulanngerie,boullangerie,boulnagerie,buolangerie,obulangerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for boulangerie

Misspelling Variants of "boulangerie"

bboulangerie12boluangerie11boualngerie11boulagnerie11boulanegrie11boulangeire11boulangerei11boulangerrie12
Misspelling Variants of "boulangerie"

Frequency rank: #10,121 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boulangerie"?
"boulangerie" is spelled B-O-U-L-A-N-G-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁi\.
What does "boulangerie" mean?
As a noun, "boulangerie" means: Lieu où est fabriqué et vendu le pain; souvent, des viennoiseries y sont également confectionnées et vendues.
What words are commonly confused with "boulangerie"?
"boulangerie" is commonly confused with "boulangers", "boulangeries", "boulanger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boulangerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boulangerie" is \bu.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boulangerie" come from?
"boulangerie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.