bouquillon
\bu.ki.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“bouquillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chevreau, jeune bouc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bouquillon · bouquillon · French
bouquillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bouquillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.ki.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bouquillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bouquillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.ki.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chevreau, jeune bouc.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bouquillon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bouquillon, spelled B-O-U-Q-U-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Chevreau, jeune bouc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bouquillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mettons que tu sois un bouquillon, dit la vache ; je sais bien que les enfants de chèvre sont très vite dégourdis et qu’à peine au monde, ils font des cabrioles ; mais tu n’es tout de même qu’un bouquillon ; tes cornes sont aussi courtes que tes sabots et tu as encore ta voix de bébé.
– Je ne suis pas une chèvre, dit Amadou sur un ton cordial, je suis un bouquillon. Je suis Amadou le bouquillon.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.