bourrins

\bu.ʁɛ̃\

/\bu.ʁɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“bourrins” is uncommon French (frequency #72,128 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,128
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bourrin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bourrins · bourrins · French

bourrins · rank #72,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,128
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouquiner

Nearest frequency peer: bouquiner (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bourrins »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bourrins » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bourrins
PropertyValue
Headwordbourrins
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.ʁɛ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,128
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bourrins » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bourrinstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bouquiner » (#72,127), « bouffonne » (#72,126), « bouffeur » (#72,125). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bourrins » est au #72,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bourrins is uncommon French at frequency #72,128 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.ʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de bourrin.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bourrins, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bourrins, spelled B-O-U-R-R-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bourrin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bourrins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On n’a plus, comme il y a 30 ans, des équipes de bourrins qui envoyaient des grands ballons devant.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bourrins"?
"bourrins" is spelled B-O-U-R-R-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.ʁɛ̃\.
What does "bourrins" mean?
As a noun, "bourrins" means: Pluriel de bourrin.
How do you pronounce "bourrins"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bourrins" is \bu.ʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bourrins" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bourrins", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bouffeur#72,125bloquera#72,119bruitage#72,138besognes#72,112

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list