boursiers

\buʁ.sje\

/\buʁ.sje\/ adj

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The verdict

“boursiers” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,940
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de boursier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-boursiers · boursiers · French

boursiers · rank #20,940 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,940
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bourreaux

Nearest frequency peer: bourreaux (-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 « boursiers »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « boursiers » 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).

boursiers vs bourses
78% similar
boursiers vs boursier
89% similar
boursiers vs bourbier
78% similar

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

Key facts for boursiers
PropertyValue
Headwordboursiers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\buʁ.sje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,940
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boursiers »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.boursiersse 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 « bourreaux » (#20,939), « branlette » (#20,941), « brûlées » (#20,942). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « boursiers » est au #20,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around boursiers (IPA \buʁ.sje\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,940 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de boursier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for boursiers, with forms such as "bboursiers", "borusiers", and "bourisers". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "bourses", "boursier", "bourbier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is boursiers, spelled B-O-U-R-S-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de boursier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bboursiers
  • borusiers
  • bourisers
  • bourrsiers
  • bourseirs
  • boursierrs
  • boursierss
  • boursiesr
  • boursires
  • bourssiers
  • bousriers
  • buorsiers
  • obursiers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boursiers - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bboursiers1borusiers2bourisers2bourrsiers1bourseirs2boursierrs1boursierss1boursiesr2
Edit distance from "boursiers"

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 "boursiers"?
"boursiers" is spelled B-O-U-R-S-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \buʁ.sje\.
What does "boursiers" mean?
As an adjective, "boursiers" means: Masculin pluriel de boursier.
What words are commonly confused with "boursiers"?
"boursiers" is commonly confused with "bourses", "boursier", "bourbier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "boursiers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boursiers" is \buʁ.sje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boursiers" come from?
"boursiers" 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 "boursiers", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

bourreaux#20,939branlette#20,941bibliques#20,936canonique#20,946

Similar misspelling depth

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

analogique13 variantsambassades13 variantsacadémies13 variantsdialectes13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list