bourdillon
\buʁ.di.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“bourdillon” is uncommon French (frequency #97,726 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,726
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Merrain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bourdillon · bourdillon · French
bourdillon · rank #97,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,726
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bouli
Nearest frequency peer: bouli (-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 « bourdillon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Bothwell
Bothwell
2,281 corpus weight
- Bouguereau
Bouguereau
2,279 corpus weight
- bouli
bouli
2,276 corpus weight
- bourdillon
bourdillon
2,275 corpus weight
- bourrent
bourrent
2,274 corpus weight
- brabançons
brabançons
2,271 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bourdillon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bourdillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \buʁ.di.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bourdillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bourdillon is uncommon French at frequency #97,726 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \buʁ.di.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bourdillon has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 bourdillon, spelled B-O-U-R-D-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Merrain.
- 2Motte de terre gelée.
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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