bourbeux
\buʁ.bø\
The verdict
“bourbeux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est plein de bourbe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bourbeux · bourbeux · French
bourbeux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | bourbeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \buʁ.bø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bourbeux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bourbeux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \buʁ.bø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bourbeux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 bourbeux, spelled B-O-U-R-B-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est plein de bourbe.
- 2Sale, comme souillé de bourbe.
- 3Difficile, délicat, où on s’empêtre facilement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bourbeux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle revit la ferme, la mare bourbeuse, son père en blouse sous les pommiers.
Jean Blin n’est point un mauvais sujet, mais il aime à boire en compagnie et il lui est arrivé plus d’une fois d’attendre dans un fossé bourbeux l’aube du lundi.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.