Bourbaki
\buʁ.ba.ki\
The verdict
“Bourbaki” is uncommon French (frequency #74,611 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,611
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille d’origine grecque, notamment représenté par le général Charles Bourbaki (1816-1897).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bourbaki |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \buʁ.ba.ki\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bourbaki” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bourbaki is uncommon French at frequency #74,611 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \buʁ.ba.ki\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille d’origine grecque, notamment représenté par le général Charles Bourbaki (1816-1897).".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bourbaki in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Bourbaki, spelled B-O-U-R-B-A-K-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille d’origine grecque, notamment représenté par le général Charles Bourbaki (1816-1897).
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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Using “Bourbaki”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-R-B-A-K-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \buʁ.ba.ki\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.