boutonneux
\bu.tɔ.nø\
The verdict
“boutonneux” is uncommon French (frequency #57,123 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,123
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a beaucoup de boutons sur la peau, surtout en parlant d’une personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boutonneux · boutonneux · French
boutonneux · rank #57,123 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,123
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bourrelet
Nearest frequency peer: bourrelet (-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 « boutonneux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bossa
bossa
42,882 corpus weight
- boulle
boulle
42,880 corpus weight
- bourrelet
bourrelet
42,879 corpus weight
- boutonneux
boutonneux
42,878 corpus weight
- braz
braz
42,877 corpus weight
- bretzel
bretzel
42,875 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « boutonneux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boutonneux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bu.tɔ.nø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boutonneux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boutonneux is uncommon French at frequency #57,123 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bu.tɔ.nø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for boutonneux, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is boutonneux, spelled B-O-U-T-O-N-N-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui a beaucoup de boutons sur la peau, surtout en parlant d’une personne.
- 2Qualifiant une maladie provoquant une éruption de boutons.
- 3Se dit d'un textile dont la trame est inégale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boutonneux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est immobile sur son coussin ; son visage est rouge et boutonneux, ses yeux sont à moitié fermés, il a l’air de s’ennuyer.
Elle est sortie en pleurant sous les applaudissements de quelques crétins boutonneux.
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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