bourgeoises

\buʁ.ʒwaz\

/\buʁ.ʒwaz\/ adj

The verdict

“bourgeoises” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,077
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de bourgeois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bourgeoises · bourgeoises · French

bourgeoises · rank #28,077 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,077
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouchers

Nearest frequency peer: bouchers (-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 « bourgeoises »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bourgeoises » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bourgeoises vs bourgeoisie
82% similar
bourgeoises vs bourgeois
82% similar
bourgeoises vs bourgeoise
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bourgeoises
PropertyValue
Headwordbourgeoises
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\buʁ.ʒwaz\
Letters11
Frequency rank#28,077
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bourgeoises »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bourgeoisesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bouchers » (#28,076), « bourgs » (#28,078), « bone » (#28,075). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bourgeoises » est au #28,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around bourgeoises (IPA \buʁ.ʒwaz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,077 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de bourgeois.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for bourgeoises, with forms such as "bbourgeoises", "borugeoises", and "bougreoises". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bourgeoisie", "bourgeois", "bourgeoise", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bourgeoises, spelled B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de bourgeois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bourgeoises appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le père mort depuis longtemps avait été, paraît-il, un disciple des théories Saint-Simoniennes. Il n’y apparaissait guère dans la famille. Le seul caractère avancé était l’absence de religion ; à part cela la mère et les filles étaient absolument bourgeoises et conservatrices, tout à fait détachées du sort du peuple qui, pour elles, ne comptait pas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbourgeoises
  • borugeoises
  • bougreoises
  • bouregoises
  • bourgeioses
  • bourgeoiess
  • bourgeoisess
  • bourgeoisses
  • bourgeosies
  • bourggeoises
  • bourgoeises
  • bourrgeoises
  • buorgeoises
  • oburgeoises

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bourgeoises - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbourgeoises1borugeoises2bougreoises2bouregoises2bourgeioses2bourgeoiess2bourgeoisess1bourgeoisses1
Edit distance from "bourgeoises"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bourgeoises"?
"bourgeoises" is spelled B-O-U-R-G-E-O-I-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \buʁ.ʒwaz\.
What does "bourgeoises" mean?
As an adjective, "bourgeoises" means: Féminin pluriel de bourgeois.
What words are commonly confused with "bourgeoises"?
"bourgeoises" is commonly confused with "bourgeoisie", "bourgeois", "bourgeoise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bourgeoises"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bourgeoises" is \buʁ.ʒwaz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bourgeoises" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bourgeoises", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list