bousiller

\bu.zi.je\

/\bu.zi.je\/ verb

The verdict

“bousiller” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,186
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construire en torchis, c'est à dire en utilisant entre autre de la boue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bousiller · bousiller · French

bousiller · rank #39,186 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,186
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouin

Nearest frequency peer: bouin (-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 « bousiller »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bousiller » 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).

bousiller vs brouiller
78% similar
bousiller vs bouille
78% similar
bousiller vs bouillir
78% similar

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

Key facts for bousiller
PropertyValue
Headwordbousiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bu.zi.je\
Letters9
Frequency rank#39,186
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bousiller »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bousillerse 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 « bouin » (#39,185), « bouées » (#39,187), « bobsleigh » (#39,184). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bousiller » est au #39,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bousiller (IPA \bu.zi.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,186 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bousiller, with forms such as "bbousiller", "bosuiller", and "bouisller". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "brouiller", "bouille", "bouillir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bousiller, spelled B-O-U-S-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Construire en torchis, c'est à dire en utilisant entre autre de la boue.
  2. 2
    ou Faire du bousillage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Faute de pierre, on bousille dans ce pays.
  2. C’est un brouillon, il ne fait que bousiller.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbousiller
  • bosuiller
  • bouisller
  • bousilelr
  • bousiler
  • bousillerr
  • bousillre
  • bousliler
  • boussiller
  • buosiller
  • obusiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbousiller1bosuiller2bouisller2bousilelr2bousiler1bousillerr1bousillre2bousliler2
Edit distance from "bousiller"

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 "bousiller"?
"bousiller" is spelled B-O-U-S-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.zi.je\.
What does "bousiller" mean?
As a verb, "bousiller" means: Construire en torchis, c'est à dire en utilisant entre autre de la boue.
What words are commonly confused with "bousiller"?
"bousiller" is commonly confused with "brouiller", "bouille", "bouillir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bousiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bousiller" is \bu.zi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bousiller" come from?
"bousiller" 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 "bousiller", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list