boulets

\bu.lɛ\

/\bu.lɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“boulets” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,673
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-boulets · boulets · French

boulets · rank #18,673 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,673
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boudin

Nearest frequency peer: boudin (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « boulets »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « boulets » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

boulets vs bouts
71% similar
boulets vs boulot
71% similar
boulets vs bouvet
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for boulets
PropertyValue
Headwordboulets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.lɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,673
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boulets »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bouletsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « boudin » (#18,672), « braquer » (#18,674), « brother » (#18,675). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boulets » est au #18,673. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around boulets (IPA \bu.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,673 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de boulet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for boulets, with forms such as "bboulets", "boluets", and "bouelts". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bouts", "boulot", "bouvet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 boulets, spelled B-O-U-L-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de boulet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’aide calibre les boulets ensabotés, et désensabote ceux qui ne passent pas dans les cylindres vérificateurs des cartouches de leur calibre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboulets
  • boluets
  • bouelts
  • boulest
  • bouletss
  • bouletts
  • boullets
  • boultes
  • buolets
  • obulets

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boulets - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bboulets1boluets2bouelts2boulest2bouletss1bouletts1boullets1boultes2
Edit distance from "boulets"

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 "boulets"?
"boulets" is spelled B-O-U-L-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.lɛ\.
What does "boulets" mean?
As a noun, "boulets" means: Pluriel de boulet.
What words are commonly confused with "boulets"?
"boulets" is commonly confused with "bouts", "boulot", "bouvet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boulets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boulets" is \bu.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boulets" come from?
"boulets" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

braquer#18,674brother#18,675bonnets#18,669blindée#18,666

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

cagnotte10 variantsbasques10 variantsavorter10 variantsconduis10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list