Bourgoin

Name: Bourgoin, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\buʁ.ɡwɛ̃\

/\buʁ.ɡwɛ̃\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Bourgoin” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,439
frequency rank, French: 4,251
“B” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bourgoin · Bourgoin · French

Bourgoin · rank #34,439 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-MID #34,439
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 4,251
PHOTO-FINISH both

Nearest frequency peer: both (-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.

bivouac

65,565
blida

65,564
both

65,563
Bourgoin

65,562
braderie

65,561
braise

65,560

What this shows « Bourgoin » 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).

Bourgoin vs bourrin

63% similar

Bourgoin vs bougon

63% similar

Bourgoin vs bourbon

63% similar

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

Key facts for Bourgoin
Property	Value
Headword	Bourgoin
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\buʁ.ɡwɛ̃\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#34,439
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bourgoin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Bourgoinse place ici:

#34,439

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « both » (#34,438), « braderie » (#34,440), « blida » (#34,437). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bourgoin » est au #34,439. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Bourgoin (IPA \buʁ.ɡwɛ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,439 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bourgoin, with forms such as "bbourgoin", "borugoin", and "bougroin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "bourrin", "bougon", "bourbon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Bourgoin, spelled B-O-U-R-G-O-I-N.

Definition

1
Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Dans Un métier sérieux, qui sort ce mercredi en salles, Thomas Lilti, créateur notamment de la série Hippocrate, s’attaque à la vie de professeurs incarnés par Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louise Bourgoin, Vincent Lacoste, François Cluzet et William Lebghil.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbourgoin
borugoin
bougroin
bourggoin
bourgion
bourgoinn
bourgoni
bourogin
bourrgoin
buorgoin
oburgoin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bourgoin - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Bourgoin"

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 "Bourgoin"?

"Bourgoin" is spelled B-O-U-R-G-O-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \buʁ.ɡwɛ̃\.

What does "Bourgoin" mean?

As a proper noun, "Bourgoin" means: Nom de famille.

What words are commonly confused with "Bourgoin"?

"Bourgoin" is commonly confused with "bourrin", "bougon", "bourbon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Bourgoin"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bourgoin" is \buʁ.ɡwɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Bourgoin" come from?

"Bourgoin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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