bouter
\bu.te\
The verdict
“bouter” is uncommon French (frequency #58,463 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,463
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre, pousser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bouter · bouter · French
bouter · rank #58,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,463
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bous
Nearest frequency peer: bous (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « bouter »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bonde
bonde
41,541 corpus weight
- bourrasque
bourrasque
41,540 corpus weight
- bous
bous
41,539 corpus weight
- bouter
bouter
41,538 corpus weight
- bractées
bractées
41,537 corpus weight
- Brioude
Brioude
41,535 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bouter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bouter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bu.te\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bouter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bouter is uncommon French at frequency #58,463 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \bu.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
bouter has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bouter, spelled B-O-U-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre, pousser.
- 2(Vieilli, encore courant en Suisse romande et en Belgique) bouter le feu : Mettre le feu.
- 3Ôter la chair d’une peau, nettoyer avec le boutoir.
- 4Piquer les épingles sur un support ^([2]).
- 5Pousser.
- 6Pousser au gras, pour un vin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bouter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je suis ci venue de par Dieu le roi du Ciel, corps pour corps, pour vous bouter hors de toute France.
Ô doux papier, qui souffre être posée Sur ta blancheur la plume maculée, Ne prends regret qu’on gâte ta beauté, Car le propos qui sur toi est bouté Si bien l’entends, accroît ta renommée.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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