bourricot
\bu.ʁi.ko\
The verdict
“bourricot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit âne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bourricot · bourricot · French
bourricot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | bourricot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.ʁi.ko\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bourricot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bourricot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.ʁi.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bourricot doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bourricot, spelled B-O-U-R-R-I-C-O-T.
Definition
- 1Petit âne.
- 2Dénonciateur, bourrique, bourdille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bourricot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’avais souvent rencontré dans ma vie, et sous des cieux divers, des nomades en marche. Mais les plus déshérités et les plus humbles avaient toujours un bagage, si pauvre et primitif qu’il fût, et porté par des animaux de bât, au moins quelques bourricots exténués.
Le mot bourricot est surtout employé dans les camps de travaux publics en Algérie, on nomme ainsi celui qui, pour n’importe quel fait, se plaint au sergent ou à l’adjudant chargé de la garde des détenus.
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.