bourguignon

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

\buʁ.ɡi.ɲɔ̃\

/\buʁ.ɡi.ɲɔ̃\/ adj

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

The verdict

“bourguignon” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,548
frequency rank, French: 4,251
“B” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la Bourgogne et à ses habitants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bourguignon · bourguignon · French

bourguignon · rank #21,548 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #21,548
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 4,251
PHOTO-FINISH bouleversée

Nearest frequency peer: bouleversée (-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.

bocal

78,456
bombarder

78,455
bouleversée

78,454
bourguignon

78,453
brand

78,452
Brent

78,451

What this shows « bourguignon » 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).

bourguignon vs bourguignons

92% similar

bourguignon vs bourguignonne

85% similar

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

Key facts for bourguignon
Property	Value
Headword	bourguignon
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\buʁ.ɡi.ɲɔ̃\
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#21,548
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bourguignon »

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

#21,548

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bouleversée » (#21,547), « brand » (#21,549), « bombarder » (#21,546). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bourguignon » est au #21,548. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around bourguignon (IPA \buʁ.ɡi.ɲɔ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,548 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for bourguignon, with forms such as "bbourguignon", "boruguignon", and "bougruignon". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bourguignons", "bourguignonne", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bourguignon, spelled B-O-U-R-G-U-I-G-N-O-N.

Definition

1
Relatif à la Bourgogne et à ses habitants.
2
Relatif aux ducs de Bourgogne et à leurs actions et exactions.
3
Relatif au parti du duc de Bourgogne, durant la guerre civile entre Armagnac et Bourguignon qui ravagea la France au cours de la première moitié du XVᵉ siècle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Or, dans les ménages morvandiauds et bourguignons, la plus légère douleur, le plus petit tressaillement de nerfs est un prétexte à vin cuit.
Un rude hiver s’est abattu sur la campagne bourguignonne : les quelques arpents de vigne qui font vivre la famille ont gelé.

Synonyms

burgonde

This word in other languages

Burgundian(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbourguignon
boruguignon
bougruignon
bourgguignon
bourgiugnon
bourguginon
bourguiggnon
bourguignno
bourguignnon
bourguignonn
bourguigonn
bourguingon
bourrguignon
bourugignon
buorguignon
oburguignon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "bourguignon"

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 "bourguignon"?

"bourguignon" is spelled B-O-U-R-G-U-I-G-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \buʁ.ɡi.ɲɔ̃\.

What does "bourguignon" mean?

As an adjective, "bourguignon" means: Relatif à la Bourgogne et à ses habitants.

What words are commonly confused with "bourguignon"?

"bourguignon" is commonly confused with "bourguignons", "bourguignonne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "bourguignon"?

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

What language does "bourguignon" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bouleversée#21,547 bruxelloise#21,556 archéologue#21,531 comparative#21,572

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

changeront16 variants coefficients16 variants constatent16 variants énigmatique16 variants