boule de Berlin
\bul də bɛʁ.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“boule de Berlin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beignet d’origine austro-allemande fait à partir de pâte levée frite dans de la graisse ou de l’huile, fourrée avant la cuisson à la marmelade, à la confiture ou à la crème pâtissière et recouverte...
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Index FR-boule-de-berlin · boule de Berlin · French
boule de Berlin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | boule de Berlin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bul də bɛʁ.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
boule de Berlin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bul də bɛʁ.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for boule de Berlin in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is boule de Berlin, spelled B-O-U-L-E- -D-E- -B-E-R-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Beignet d’origine austro-allemande fait à partir de pâte levée frite dans de la graisse ou de l’huile, fourrée avant la cuisson à la marmelade, à la confiture ou à la crème pâtissière et recouverte de sucre.
- 2Synonyme de bola de Berlim.
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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.