bound
\ˈbaʊnd\
The verdict
“bound” is uncommon French (frequency #63,574 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,574
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lié, relié, tenu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bound · bound · French
bound · rank #63,574 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,574
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bouillabaisse
Nearest frequency peer: bouillabaisse (-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 « bound »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bouboule
bouboule
36,430 corpus weight
- boudet
boudet
36,429 corpus weight
- bouillabais…
bouillabaisse
36,428 corpus weight
- bound
bound
36,427 corpus weight
- braye
braye
36,425 corpus weight
- briseur
briseur
36,424 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bound » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bound |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈbaʊnd\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,574 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bound » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bound is uncommon French at frequency #63,574 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈbaʊnd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bound, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bound, spelled B-O-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Lié, relié, tenu.
- 2Obligé, tenu.
- 3Ligoté.
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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