boulot

\bu.lo\

/\bu.lo\/ adj

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The verdict

“boulot” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,284. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,284
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit, rondelet, gros, court, rond, arrondi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boulot · boulot · French

boulot · rank #1,284 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,284
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH atteint

Nearest frequency peer: atteint (-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 « boulot »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « boulot » 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).

boulot vs bout
67% similar
boulot vs bouton
67% similar
boulot vs bouvet
67% similar

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

Key facts for boulot
PropertyValue
Headwordboulot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bu.lo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,284
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boulot »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).boulotse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « atteint » (#1,283), « bébé » (#1,285), « vit » (#1,282). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boulot » est au #1,284. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around boulot (IPA \bu.lo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,284 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Petit, rondelet, gros, court, rond, arrondi.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for boulot, with forms such as "bboulot", "boluot", and "boullot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "bout", "bouton", "bouvet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is boulot, spelled B-O-U-L-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit, rondelet, gros, court, rond, arrondi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Oh ! la, la, elle est bien boulotte ! Y a de quoi manger.
  2. Il était courtaud, boulot, bedonnant, très laid : l’allure épaisse d’un chantre d’église.

Synonyms

rondelet

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboulot
  • boluot
  • boullot
  • boulott
  • boulto
  • bouolt
  • buolot
  • obulot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boulot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bboulot1boluot2boullot1boulott1boulto2bouolt2buolot2obulot2
Edit distance from "boulot"

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 "boulot"?
"boulot" is spelled B-O-U-L-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.lo\.
What does "boulot" mean?
As an adjective, "boulot" means: Petit, rondelet, gros, court, rond, arrondi.
What words are commonly confused with "boulot"?
"boulot" is commonly confused with "bout", "bouton", "bouvet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boulot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boulot" is \bu.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boulot" come from?
"boulot" 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 "boulot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

choisi#1,286rapide#1,275humain#1,294procès#1,274

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

atteint8 variantsvingt8 variantslettres8 variantsprivé8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list