boutiquier
\bu.ti.kje\
The verdict
“boutiquier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marchand qui est en boutique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boutiquier · boutiquier · French
boutiquier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | boutiquier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.ti.kje\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boutiquier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boutiquier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.ti.kje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marchand qui est en boutique.".
boutiquier doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is boutiquier, spelled B-O-U-T-I-Q-U-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Marchand qui est en boutique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boutiquier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout son être se révoltait à la pensée d’épouser un de […] ces petits boutiquiers contents d’eux, ces intendants soupçonneux et méprisants qui venaient parfois rendre visite à son grand-père et la soupesaient des yeux, comme si elle eût été un animal à vendre.
Maintenant qu’il fait des bassesses pour devenir boutiquier, il me dégoûte.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.