bourride
\bu.ʁid\
The verdict
“bourride” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plat traditionnel du sud de la France à base de poissons de mer, proche de la bouillabaisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bourride · bourride · French
bourride · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | bourride |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.ʁid\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bourride » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bourride is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.ʁid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plat traditionnel du sud de la France à base de poissons de mer, proche de la bouillabaisse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bourride in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bourride, spelled B-O-U-R-R-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Plat traditionnel du sud de la France à base de poissons de mer, proche de la bouillabaisse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bourride appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plat de pauvres à l’origine, la bourride de baudroie se fait de plus en plus avec des queues de lotte de l’Atlantique, la baudroie entière de Méditerranée étant de plus en plus rare et chère, au grand dam des puristes : c’est la tête qui donne son goût à la bourride et le foie sert à lier la sauce et à relever les croûtons aillés !
Je « m’appuierais », comme dirait Briand, deux ou trois rougets ornés de leur propre foie, peuchère, et une bourride lactescente et parfumée, suivie, selon le conseil excellent de Maurras, d’un gigot d’agneau aux petits pois.
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.