bousbir
\bus.biʁ\
The verdict
“bousbir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quartier réservé, maison close.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bousbir · bousbir · French
bousbir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bousbir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bus.biʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bousbir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bousbir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bus.biʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quartier réservé, maison close.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bousbir in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 bousbir, spelled B-O-U-S-B-I-R.
Definition
- 1Quartier réservé, maison close.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bousbir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je décidai de passer les premières quarante-huit heures au bousbir, le quartier réservé, où, dans le flot ininterrompu des militaires de toutes les armes qui venaient se soulager, j’avais de bonnes chances de passer inaperçu.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.