bourgeois-bohème

\buʁ.ʒwa.bɔ.ɛm\

/\buʁ.ʒwa.bɔ.ɛm\/ noun

The verdict

“bourgeois-bohème” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne faisant le choix de lieu de vie en alignement avec des valeurs culturelles, éthiques, intellectuelles plutôt qu’en fonction de l’accumulation de richesse ou du confort matériel.

Key facts for bourgeois-bohème
PropertyValue
Headwordbourgeois-bohème
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\buʁ.ʒwa.bɔ.ɛm\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bourgeois-bohème” sits in French frequency

bourgeois-bohème falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bourgeois-bohème is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \buʁ.ʒwa.bɔ.ɛm\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Personne faisant le choix de lieu de vie en alignement avec des valeurs culturelles, éthiques, intellectuelles plutôt qu’en fonction de l’accumulation de richesse ou du confort matériel.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bourgeois-bohème, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bourgeois-bohème, spelled B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S---B-O-H-È-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne faisant le choix de lieu de vie en alignement avec des valeurs culturelles, éthiques, intellectuelles plutôt qu’en fonction de l’accumulation de richesse ou du confort matériel.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bourgeois-bohème"?
"bourgeois-bohème" is spelled B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S---B-O-H-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \buʁ.ʒwa.bɔ.ɛm\.
What does "bourgeois-bohème" mean?
As a noun, "bourgeois-bohème" means: Personne faisant le choix de lieu de vie en alignement avec des valeurs culturelles, éthiques, intellectuelles plutôt qu’en fonction de l’accumulation de richesse ou du confort matériel.
How do you pronounce "bourgeois-bohème"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bourgeois-bohème" is \buʁ.ʒwa.bɔ.ɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bourgeois-bohème" come from?
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Using “bourgeois-bohème”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S---B-O-H-È-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \buʁ.ʒwa.bɔ.ɛm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list