bouts

\bu\

/\bu\/ noun

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The verdict

“bouts” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,966
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bout.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bouts · bouts · French

bouts · rank #8,966 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,966
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH blessée

Nearest frequency peer: blessée (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bouts »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bouts » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bouts vs but
60% similar
bouts vs bus
60% similar
bouts vs BTS
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bouts
PropertyValue
Headwordbouts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,966
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bouts »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).boutsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « blessée » (#8,965), « cartons » (#8,967), « Bayern » (#8,964). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bouts » est au #8,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around bouts (IPA \bu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,966 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bout.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bouts, with forms such as "bbouts", "botus", and "boust". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "but", "bus", "BTS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bouts, spelled B-O-U-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bout.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bouts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle le ouatait, l’embéguinait, le médicinait ; elle l’empâtait de mets choisis comme un bichon de marquise, elle lui ordonnait ou lui défendait tel ou tel aliment ; elle lui brodait des gilets, des bouts de cravates et des mouchoirs ; elle avait fini par l’habituer à porter de si jolies choses qu’elle le métamorphosait en une sorte d’idole japonaise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbouts
  • botus
  • boust
  • boutss
  • boutts
  • buots
  • obuts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bouts - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbouts1botus2boust2boutss1boutts1buots2obuts2
Edit distance from "bouts"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bouts"?
"bouts" is spelled B-O-U-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bu\.
What does "bouts" mean?
As a noun, "bouts" means: Pluriel de bout.
What words are commonly confused with "bouts"?
"bouts" is commonly confused with "but", "bus", "BTS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bouts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouts" is \bu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouts" come from?
"bouts" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bouts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chars#8,971Chloé#8,972Allen#8,958clown#8,974

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

appuyé7 variantsAgnès7 variantsdotée7 variantsdresse7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list