boulier
\bu.lje\
The verdict
“boulier” is uncommon French (frequency #75,456 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,456
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cadre portant des tringles dans lesquelles des boules sont enfilées et qui sert à compter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boulier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.lje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boulier” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
boulier is uncommon French at frequency #75,456 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for boulier in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is boulier, spelled B-O-U-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Cadre portant des tringles dans lesquelles des boules sont enfilées et qui sert à compter.
- 2Nom donné aux comptables, experts comptables et financiers. Définition provenant de l'argot, dont l'étymologie provient à la fois du rapport aux calculs (définition ci-dessus) et d'un jeu de mots lié à lourdeur ésotérique du langage comptable et de l'humour parfois associé.
- 3Variante orthographique de bouillier.
- 4Instrument permettant de faire des boules de glace ou de sorbet, portionneuse à glace.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “boulier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-L-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bu.lje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.