bourgs

\buʁ\

/\buʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bourgs” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,078
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-bourgs · bourgs · French

bourgs · rank #28,078 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,078
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bourgeoises

Nearest frequency peer: bourgeoises (-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 « bourgs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bourgs » 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).

bourgs vs bugs
67% similar
bourgs vs bouts
67% similar
bourgs vs burns
67% similar

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

Key facts for bourgs
PropertyValue
Headwordbourgs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\buʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,078
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bourgs »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bourgeoises » (#28,077), « brasseur » (#28,079), « bouchers » (#28,076). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bourgs » est au #28,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bourgs (IPA \buʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,078 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bourg.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bourgs, with forms such as "bbourgs", "borugs", and "bougrs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bugs", "bouts", "burns", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 bourgs, spelled B-O-U-R-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bourg.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais ayant appris que plusieurs nobles lords, tout en admettant le principe du désaffranchissement pensaient que le nombre des bourgs à désaffranchir ne pouvait pas être arrêté avant que la cédule A, qui contient les noms de ces bourgs, n’eût elle-même été discutée, lord Grey annonça son intention de proposer l’omission des mots cinquante-six.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbourgs
  • borugs
  • bougrs
  • bourggs
  • bourgss
  • bourrgs
  • boursg
  • buorgs
  • oburgs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bourgs - 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.

bbourgs1borugs2bougrs2bourggs1bourgss1bourrgs1boursg2buorgs2
Edit distance from "bourgs"

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 "bourgs"?
"bourgs" is spelled B-O-U-R-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is \buʁ\.
What does "bourgs" mean?
As a noun, "bourgs" means: Pluriel de bourg.
What words are commonly confused with "bourgs"?
"bourgs" is commonly confused with "bugs", "bouts", "burns". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bourgs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bourgs" is \buʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bourgs" come from?
"bourgs" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bribes#28,080broyer#28,082autels#28,064arches#28,054

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

apathie9 variantsAbbeville9 variantsCyrano9 variantsdurcir9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list