bouleau jaune
\bu.lo ʒon\
The verdict
“bouleau jaune” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de bouleau poussant dans l’Est de l’Amérique du Nord (Betula alleghaniensis, Betula lutea).
Corpus desk
Index FR-bouleau-jaune · bouleau jaune · French
bouleau jaune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | bouleau jaune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.lo ʒon\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bouleau jaune » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bouleau jaune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.lo ʒon\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de bouleau poussant dans l’Est de l’Amérique du Nord (Betula alleghaniensis, Betula lutea).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bouleau jaune in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bouleau jaune, spelled B-O-U-L-E-A-U- -J-A-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de bouleau poussant dans l’Est de l’Amérique du Nord (Betula alleghaniensis, Betula lutea).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bouleau jaune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au nombre des vassaux feuillus des conifères conquérants de la fin du Dryas récent figurait le bouleau jaune.
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.