bourse

\buʁs\

/\buʁs\/ noun

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The verdict

“bourse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,910
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit sac de cuir, d’étoffe, ou d’un tissu quelconque, dans lequel on met l’argent qu’on veut porter sur soi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bourse · bourse · French

bourse · rank #2,910 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,910
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baiser

Nearest frequency peer: baiser (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bourse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bourse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bourse vs bure
67% similar
bourse vs buse
67% similar
bourse vs bouts
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bourse
PropertyValue
Headwordbourse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\buʁs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,910
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bourse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).boursese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « baiser » (#2,909), « chambres » (#2,911), « architecture » (#2,908). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bourse » est au #2,910. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bourse (IPA \buʁs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,910 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bourse, with forms such as "bbourse", "boruse", and "boures". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bure", "buse", "bouts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bourse, spelled B-O-U-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit sac de cuir, d’étoffe, ou d’un tissu quelconque, dans lequel on met l’argent qu’on veut porter sur soi.
  2. 2
    Réserve ou disponibilités en argent d’une personne, argent dont on dispose actuellement ou habituellement.
  3. 3
    Allocation financière dans un but d’étude, de projets ; pension accordée à un élève ou à un étudiant pour lui permettre de suivre les cours d’une école ou d’une université.
  4. 4
    Longue poche faite de réseau qu’on met à l’entrée d’un terrier pour prendre les lapins qu’on chasse au furet.
  5. 5
    Double carton, couvert d’étoffe, dans lequel on met le corporal qui sert à la messe.
  6. 6
    Ce qui a la forme d’un petit sac : les membranes qui enveloppent les champignons quand ils sont encore jeunes (→ voir volva) ; les bourgeons de certains arbres à fruits ; les capsules des anthères.
  7. 7
    Scrotum, testicule.
  8. 8
    Petit sac ou poche membraneuse de l’organisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne puis voir un pauvre sans lui donner ma bourse. J’ai doté des orphelines, établi des jeunes gens méritants, nourri des vieillards, fondé des hospices.
  2. Avoir toujours la main à la bourse.

Synonyms

porte-monnaieportefeuille

This word in other languages

purse(English)bolsa(Español)Geldbörse(Deutsch)bolsa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbourse
  • boruse
  • boures
  • bourrse
  • boursse
  • bousre
  • buorse
  • oburse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bourse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbourse1boruse2boures2bourrse1boursse1bousre2buorse2oburse2
Edit distance from "bourse"

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 "bourse"?
"bourse" is spelled B-O-U-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \buʁs\.
What does "bourse" mean?
As a noun, "bourse" means: Petit sac de cuir, d’étoffe, ou d’un tissu quelconque, dans lequel on met l’argent qu’on veut porter sur soi.
What words are commonly confused with "bourse"?
"bourse" is commonly confused with "bure", "buse", "bouts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bourse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bourse" is \buʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bourse" come from?
"bourse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

baiser#2,909alerte#2,907connus#2,914crimes#2,916

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

cycle8 variantsdouche8 variantsfalloir8 variantsroyale8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list