boussette
\bu.sɛt\
The verdict
“boussette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit paquet de soie ligaturé utilisé dans la confection des sièges.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boussette · boussette · French
boussette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | boussette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.sɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
boussette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.sɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for boussette in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is boussette, spelled B-O-U-S-S-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petit paquet de soie ligaturé utilisé dans la confection des sièges.
- 2Petite boite ouvragée destinée à y mettre du bétel.
- 3Un des noms vernaculaires de la mâche (Valerianella locusta), ou boursette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boussette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette boussette est une façon de petit coffre d'or et d'argent fort mince, ciselé fort proprement, et sur lequel sont représentées plusieurs figures de dragons.
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.