Bouyer
\bu.je\
The verdict
“Bouyer” is uncommon French (frequency #83,664 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,664
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bouyer · Bouyer · French
Bouyer · rank #83,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,664
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bouzar
Nearest frequency peer: bouzar (+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 « Bouyer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- boudes
boudes
16,340 corpus weight
- bouillants
bouillants
16,339 corpus weight
- Bouyer
Bouyer
16,337 corpus weight
- bouzar
bouzar
16,336 corpus weight
- brace
brace
16,335 corpus weight
- Brandenburg
Brandenburg
16,334 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bouyer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bouyer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bu.je\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bouyer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bouyer is uncommon French at frequency #83,664 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bu.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français.".
Bouyer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Bouyer, spelled B-O-U-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bouyer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. Bouyer a obtenu la promesse écrite et formelle d'un vinaigrier d'Ancenis et possesseur de vastes champignonnières en Anjou, d'approvisionner le marché nantais, mais à condition d'obtenir l'augmentation des taxes en vigueur.
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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