bourgeoise
\buʁ.ʒwaz\
The verdict
“bourgeoise” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,920
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme de condition aisée et fière de cet état de chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bourgeoise · bourgeoise · French
bourgeoise · rank #11,920 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,920
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bosses
Nearest frequency peer: bosses (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bourgeoise »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- biscuits
biscuits
88,084 corpus weight
- bitcoin
bitcoin
88,083 corpus weight
- bosses
bosses
88,082 corpus weight
- bourgeoise
bourgeoise
88,081 corpus weight
- bénéficiaire
bénéficiaire
88,080 corpus weight
- cailloux
cailloux
88,079 corpus weight
What this shows « bourgeoise » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bourgeoise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \buʁ.ʒwaz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #11,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bourgeoise »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around bourgeoise (IPA \buʁ.ʒwaz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,920 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for bourgeoise, with forms such as "bbourgeoise", "borugeoise", and "bougreoise". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "bourgeons", "bourgeoisie", "bourgeoises", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bourgeoise, spelled B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Femme de condition aisée et fière de cet état de chose.
- 2Citoyenne d’une ville.
- 3Maîtresse de maison ; épouse.
- 4Sorte de tulipe d’un rouge vif.
- 5Monnaie d’argent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bourgeoise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est une de ces respectables bourgeoises à vices secrets et à principes inflexibles, comme il en est beaucoup.
Ah ! non, il ne la voyait pas sa grand’mère, cette sale petite bourgeoise qui l’avait humilié et fait souffrir durant son enfance. Il la détestait de toute sa puissance de haine, mais plus qu’elle encore, il haïssait la société présente, pleine de préjugés, qui faisait souffrir les enfants de la prétendue faute de leur mère. Et mes yeux s’arrêtaient à sa…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbourgeoise
- borugeoise
- bougreoise
- bouregoise
- bourgeiose
- bourgeoies
- bourgeoisse
- bourgeosie
- bourggeoise
- bourgoeise
- bourrgeoise
- buorgeoise
- oburgeoise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bourgeoise - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).