boulimie

/\bu.li.mi\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,302

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

boulimie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Trouble du comportement qui se rencontre dans certaines affections, souvent d’origine nerveuse, consistant à avoir toujours la sensation de faim excessive qui conduit à ingérer une grande quantité ... Pronounced \bu.li.mi\. Often confused with Bolivie.

Key facts for boulimie
PropertyValue
Headwordboulimie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.li.mi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,302
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for boulimie is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.li.mi\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,302 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for boulimie, with forms such as "bboulimie", "boluimie", and "bouilmie". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Bolivie", 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 boulimie, spelled B-O-U-L-I-M-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trouble du comportement qui se rencontre dans certaines affections, souvent d’origine nerveuse, consistant à avoir toujours la sensation de faim excessive qui conduit à ingérer une grande quantité de nourriture.
  2. 2
    Besoin irrépressible de consommer.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bboulimie,boluimie,bouilmie,bouliime,boulimei,boulimmie,boullimie,boulmiie,buolimie,obulimie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for boulimie

Misspelling Variants of "boulimie"

bboulimie9boluimie8bouilmie8bouliime8boulimei8boulimmie9boullimie9boulmiie8
Misspelling Variants of "boulimie"

Frequency rank: #43,302 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boulimie"?
"boulimie" is spelled B-O-U-L-I-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.li.mi\.
What does "boulimie" mean?
As a noun, "boulimie" means: Trouble du comportement qui se rencontre dans certaines affections, souvent d’origine nerveuse, consistant à avoir toujours la sensation de faim excessive qui conduit à ingérer une grande quantité ...
What words are commonly confused with "boulimie"?
"boulimie" is commonly confused with "Bolivie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boulimie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boulimie" is \bu.li.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boulimie" come from?
"boulimie" 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.