bourrelle des cœurs
\bu.ʁɛl de kœʁ\
The verdict
“bourrelle des cœurs” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui joue et se joue des sentiments des hommes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bourrelle-des-c-urs · bourrelle des cœurs · French
bourrelle des cœurs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bourrelle des cœurs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.ʁɛl de kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bourrelle des cœurs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bourrelle des cœurs is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.ʁɛl de kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme qui joue et se joue des sentiments des hommes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bourrelle des cœurs, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 bourrelle des cœurs, spelled B-O-U-R-R-E-L-L-E- -D-E-S- -C-Œ-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Femme qui joue et se joue des sentiments des hommes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bourrelle des cœurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nul doute que ces deux « bourrelles des cœurs », qui laissaient souvent dans leur sillage un parfum de scandale, adoraient provoquer : quel plaisir alors de s’habiller en homme et de choquer leurs contemporains puritains !
D’autant plus que bourreau connaît maintenant de nombreux sens figurés, qu’il est tentant de féminiser. Pourquoi ne pas dire : bourrelle de travail, Elsa n’en est pas moins une véritable bourrelle des cœurs ?
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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.