bourrer
\bu.ʁe\
The verdict
“bourrer” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #25,914 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #25,914
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Garnir de bourre.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bourrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bu.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bourrer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bourrer is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,914 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bourrer, with forms such as "bbourrer", "borurer", and "bourerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bourse", "burger", "bourses", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bourrer, spelled B-O-U-R-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Garnir de bourre.
- 2Par le canon, charger la bourre d’une arme à feu ^([2]).
- 3Remplir une chose d’une matière quelconque.
- 4Remplir l’estomac au delà de ce qu’il peut contenir.
- 5En parlant du chien, arracher du poil au gibier, d’un coup de dent, en le poursuivant ^([1&2]).
- 6Donner des coups de fleuret, de bout de fusil ^([2]).
- 7Porter des coups ; frapper ; maltraiter ^([2]).
- 8Quereller, réprimander d’une manière brusque, pousser vivement, maltraiter de paroles ^([2]).
- 9Mettre des inutilités dans un écrit ^([2]).
- 10Se boursoufler ^([2]).
- 11Aller vite, foncer.
- 12Se dit en parlant d’un cheval qui, sans que le cavalier puisse l’en empêcher, s’élance vivement vers l’avant.
- 13Se dit du plomb en fusion qui termine sa coulée sur le sable sans aller plus loin.
- 14Se dit d’un outil, d’un appareil, qui s’engorge avec un matériau quelconque.
- 15Manger, boire avec excès.
- 16Action de faire monter des enchères publiques pour gêner un concurrent, un autre acheteur.
- 17Faire l'amour.
- 18Faire l'amour.
- 19Se faire foutre, exprime un vif rejet.
- 20Exprime notamment une connivence entre le locuteur, l’allocutaire et quelqu’un dont l’allocutaire vient de parler, ou une intention taquine ou moqueuse.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbourrer,borurer,bourerr,bourrerr,bourrre,buorrer,oburrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bourrer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “bourrer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-R-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bu.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bourse” - see the side-by-side comparison. bourrer vs bourse
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.