boutoir
\bu.twaʁ\
The verdict
“boutoir” is uncommon French (frequency #76,378 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,378
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie supérieure du groin avec laquelle le sanglier et le porc fouissent la terre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boutoir · boutoir · French
boutoir · rank #76,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,378
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bouteiller
Nearest frequency peer: bouteiller (-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 « boutoir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Botafogo
Botafogo
23,626 corpus weight
- Boucar
Boucar
23,625 corpus weight
- bouteiller
bouteiller
23,624 corpus weight
- boutoir
boutoir
23,623 corpus weight
- Brach
Brach
23,621 corpus weight
- brancardiers
brancardiers
23,620 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « boutoir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boutoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boutoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boutoir is uncommon French at frequency #76,378 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for boutoir in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is boutoir, spelled B-O-U-T-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Partie supérieure du groin avec laquelle le sanglier et le porc fouissent la terre.
- 2Instrument avec lequel les maréchaux-ferrants enlèvent la corne superflue du pied d’un cheval avant de le ferrer.
- 3Outil servant à creuser les sabots.
- 4Outil qui sert aux corroyeurs à racler le cuir lors d'une opération nommée butage. → voir butoir.
- 5Nom donné à l’extrémité du groin du sanglier. On le précise dans le blasonnement quand il est d’un émail différent.
- 6Pénis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boutoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Sanglier a les défenses plus grandes, le boutoir plus fort et la hure plus longue que le cochon domestique ; il a aussi les pieds plus gros, les pinces plus séparées et le poil toujours noir.
Le solitaire fouilla de son boutoir le sol qu’il labourait avec le tranchant de sa redoutable défense.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).