boursière

\buʁ.sjɛʁ\

/\buʁ.sjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“boursière” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,568. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,568
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui est bénéficiaire d’une bourse d’études.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boursiere · boursière · French

boursière · rank #25,568 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,568
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bijoutier

Nearest frequency peer: bijoutier (-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 « boursière »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « boursière » 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).

boursière vs Bussière
67% similar
boursière vs boursiers
78% similar
boursière vs boursières
90% similar

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

Key facts for boursière
PropertyValue
Headwordboursière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\buʁ.sjɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,568
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boursière »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.boursièrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bijoutier » (#25,567), « branchée » (#25,569), « berri » (#25,566). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boursière » est au #25,568. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around boursière (IPA \buʁ.sjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,568 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for boursière, with forms such as "bboursière", "borusière", and "bourisère". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Bussière", "boursiers", "boursières", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is boursière, spelled B-O-U-R-S-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui est bénéficiaire d’une bourse d’études.
  2. 2
    Celle qui fréquente la bourse, par obligation professionnelle.
  3. 3
    Ouvrière ou artisane qui fait et vend des bourses.
  4. 4
    Dans un couvent, religieuse responsable de la caisse, qui recevait de la dépositaire la somme nécessaire afin de pourvoir sa communauté en nourriture, qu’elle transmettait à la cellerière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle était boursière, allait passer son DEA de mathématiques à la faculté de Marseille et vivait avec Amélie, une physicienne de dix ans son aînée qui semblait passer sa vie en congrès et conférences aux quatre coins du globe.
  2. Un constat partagé par Tiphaine Roussel, étudiante boursière, qui doit renoncer à gâter son neveu et sa nièce.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboursière
  • borusière
  • bourisère
  • bourrsière
  • boursiere
  • boursirèe
  • boursièer
  • boursièrre
  • bourssière
  • boursèire
  • bousrière
  • buorsière
  • obursière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boursière - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bboursière1borusière2bourisère2bourrsière1boursiere1boursirèe2boursièer2boursièrre1
Edit distance from "boursière"

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 "boursière"?
"boursière" is spelled B-O-U-R-S-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \buʁ.sjɛʁ\.
What does "boursière" mean?
As a noun, "boursière" means: Celle qui est bénéficiaire d’une bourse d’études.
What words are commonly confused with "boursière"?
"boursière" is commonly confused with "Bussière", "boursiers", "boursières". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boursière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boursière" is \buʁ.sjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boursière" come from?
"boursière" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bijoutier#25,567bretonnes#25,573battement#25,561cacahuète#25,577

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

branchée13 variantsbrasseries13 variantsbruyants13 variantscafétéria13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list