bouturage

\bu.ty.ʁaʒ\

/\bu.ty.ʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bouturage” is uncommon French (frequency #82,749 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,749
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mode de multiplication végétative de certaines plantes consistant à se reproduire à partir d'un organe ou d'un fragment d'organe isolé sans avoir besoin de produire de graine.

Key facts for bouturage
PropertyValue
Headwordbouturage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bu.ty.ʁaʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#82,749
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bouturage” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bouturage lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bouturage is uncommon French at frequency #82,749 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.ty.ʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

bouturage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bouturage, spelled B-O-U-T-U-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mode de multiplication végétative de certaines plantes consistant à se reproduire à partir d'un organe ou d'un fragment d'organe isolé sans avoir besoin de produire de graine.
  2. 2
    Action de bouturer.
  3. 3
    Multiplication collective sans vol nuptial où une colonie d'insectes sociaux (principalement les fourmis et les termites) se divise pour en fonder une nouvelle. La multiplication par envol de sexués est l'essaimage.

Synonyms

clonagedrageonnage

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 "bouturage"?
"bouturage" is spelled B-O-U-T-U-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.ty.ʁaʒ\.
What does "bouturage" mean?
As a noun, "bouturage" means: Mode de multiplication végétative de certaines plantes consistant à se reproduire à partir d'un organe ou d'un fragment d'organe isolé sans avoir besoin de produire de graine.
How do you pronounce "bouturage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouturage" is \bu.ty.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bouturage" come from?
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Using “bouturage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-T-U-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bu.ty.ʁaʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list