bourré comme un coin
\bu.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ kwɛ̃\
The verdict
“bourré comme un coin” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de bourré comme un coing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bourré comme un coin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bu.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ kwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bourré comme un coin” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bourré comme un coin is 20 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ kwɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante de bourré comme un coing.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bourré comme un coin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bourré comme un coin, spelled B-O-U-R-R-É- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1Variante de bourré comme un coing.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bourré comme un coin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-R-R-É- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N- -C-O-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bu.ʁe kɔ.m‿œ̃ kwɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.