bourru
\bu.ʁy\
The verdict
“bourru” is an uncommon French word, ranked #50,687 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #50,687
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est d’une humeur brusque, fâchée et chagrine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bourru |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bu.ʁy\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bourru” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bourru is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.ʁy\. Corpus data places it at rank #50,687 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bourru in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bourru, spelled B-O-U-R-R-U.
Definition
- 1Qui est d’une humeur brusque, fâchée et chagrine.
- 2Qui est rempli de bourre, qui n’est pas lisse.
- 3Poilu.
- 4Mal dégrossie, en parlant d’une pierre de construction.
- 5Qui n’a pas totalement fermenté et qui se conserve doux dans le tonneau durant une semaine, en parlant d’une sorte de vin blanc nouveau.
- 6Qui vient d’être trait, en parlant du lait.
This word in other languages
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 “bourru”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-R-R-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bu.ʁy\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.