Boutet
\bu.tɛ\
The verdict
“Boutet” is uncommon French (frequency #59,843 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,843
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boutet · Boutet · French
Boutet · rank #59,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,843
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bouler
Nearest frequency peer: bouler (-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 « Boutet »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bohémiens
bohémiens
40,161 corpus weight
- bouddhiques
bouddhiques
40,160 corpus weight
- bouler
bouler
40,159 corpus weight
- Boutet
Boutet
40,158 corpus weight
- Bozo
Bozo
40,157 corpus weight
- braden
braden
40,156 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Boutet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Boutet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bu.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Boutet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Boutet is uncommon French at frequency #59,843 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bu.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Boutet has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Boutet, spelled B-O-U-T-E-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Boutet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’y a pas vraiment de discours sur la période, déplore Marjolaine Boutet.
« Si nous n’acceptons pas qu’ils soient faits maintenant, le sujet reviendra sur le tapis dans quelques années. De toute façon, c’est une verrue », exprime Michel Boutet, conseiller municipal d’opposition.
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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