boulimique

\bu.li.mik\

/\bu.li.mik\/ adj

The verdict

“boulimique” is uncommon French (frequency #53,168 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,168
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à la boulimie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boulimique · boulimique · French

boulimique · rank #53,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,168
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouledogue

Nearest frequency peer: bouledogue (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « boulimique »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « boulimique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for boulimique
PropertyValue
Headwordboulimique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bu.li.mik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,168
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « boulimique » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.boulimiquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « bouledogue » (#53,167), « bourge » (#53,169), « bouillonnement » (#53,166). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boulimique » est au #53,168. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

boulimique is uncommon French at frequency #53,168 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bu.li.mik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport à la boulimie.".

No misspelling variants are generated for boulimique in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is boulimique, spelled B-O-U-L-I-M-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport à la boulimie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En somme, ce sont des irritations de l’estomac et des intestins, dont les causes sont aussi nombreuses que variées, qui produisent la faim boulimique ; […].

This word in other languages

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 "boulimique"?
"boulimique" is spelled B-O-U-L-I-M-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.li.mik\.
What does "boulimique" mean?
As an adjective, "boulimique" means: Qui a rapport à la boulimie.
How do you pronounce "boulimique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boulimique" is \bu.li.mik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list