bouscule

\bus.kyl\

/\bus.kyl\/ verb

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The verdict

“bouscule” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,122
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bousculer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bouscule · bouscule · French

bouscule · rank #23,122 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,122
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brunch

Nearest frequency peer: brunch (+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 « bouscule »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bouscule » 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).

bouscule vs boussole
75% similar
bouscule vs bousculer
89% similar
bouscule vs bousculent
80% similar

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

Key facts for bouscule
PropertyValue
Headwordbouscule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bus.kyl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,122
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bouscule »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brunch » (#23,123), « Blum » (#23,120), « burgers » (#23,124). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bouscule » est au #23,122. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bouscule (IPA \bus.kyl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,122 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bouscule, with forms such as "bbouscule", "bosucule", and "boucsule". 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, "boussole", "bousculer", "bousculent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bouscule, spelled B-O-U-S-C-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bousculer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bousculer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe bousculer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe bousculer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe bousculer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le joran qui descend du Jura, le morget du matin, le vaudaire qui déboule de la vallée du Rhône, le foehn qui fait fondre la neige, le vent-blanc, ainsi appelé parce qu’à son passage le lac moutonne, le séchard, le fraidieu qui bouscule les après-midi calmes, et d’autres encore.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbouscule
  • bosucule
  • boucsule
  • bousccule
  • bousclue
  • bouscuel
  • bousculle
  • bousscule
  • bousucle
  • buoscule
  • obuscule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bouscule - 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.

bbouscule1bosucule2boucsule2bousccule1bousclue2bouscuel2bousculle1bousscule1
Edit distance from "bouscule"

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 "bouscule"?
"bouscule" is spelled B-O-U-S-C-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bus.kyl\.
What does "bouscule" mean?
As a verb, "bouscule" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bousculer.
What words are commonly confused with "bouscule"?
"bouscule" is commonly confused with "boussole", "bousculer", "bousculent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bouscule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouscule" is \bus.kyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouscule" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bloquées#23,119Bergerac#23,116casanova#23,132autruche#23,107

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

burgers11 variantsarchers11 variantscommotion11 variantsConakry11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list