bourgades
\buʁ.ɡad\
The verdict
“bourgades” is uncommon French (frequency #72,975 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,975
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de bourgade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bourgades |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \buʁ.ɡad\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bourgades” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bourgades is uncommon French at frequency #72,975 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \buʁ.ɡad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de bourgade.".
bourgades doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bourgades, spelled B-O-U-R-G-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de bourgade.
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 “bourgades”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-R-G-A-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \buʁ.ɡad\ (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.