Bouygues

Name: Bouygues, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\bwiɡ\

/\bwiɡ\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Bouygues” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,461
frequency rank, French: 4,251
“B” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bouygues · Bouygues · French

Bouygues · rank #10,461 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,461
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 4,251
PHOTO-FINISH botanique

Nearest frequency peer: botanique (-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.

bof

89,543
book

89,542
botanique

89,541
Bouygues

89,540
brin

89,539
brutal

89,538

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Bouygues vs bouges

63% similar

Bouygues vs bougies

63% similar

Bouygues vs Bourges

75% similar

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

Key facts for Bouygues
Property	Value
Headword	Bouygues
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\bwiɡ\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#10,461
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bouygues »

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

#10,461

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « botanique » (#10,460), « brin » (#10,462), « book » (#10,459). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bouygues » est au #10,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Bouygues (IPA \bwiɡ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,461 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille français.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bouygues, with forms such as "bbouygues", "bougyues", and "bouygeus". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bouges", "bougies", "Bourges", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Bouygues, spelled B-O-U-Y-G-U-E-S.

Definition

1
Nom de famille français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Clément Nourisson, un Costarmoricain de 31 ans, a été tué par balles, le 17 juillet, à Abidjan, en Côte-d’Ivoire, où il travaillait pour le compte de Bouygues Construction.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

bbouygues
bougyues
bouygeus
bouyggues
bouyguess
bouyguse
bouyuges
bouyygues
boyugues
buoygues
obuygues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bouygues - 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.

Edit distance from "Bouygues"

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 "Bouygues"?

"Bouygues" is spelled B-O-U-Y-G-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bwiɡ\.

What does "Bouygues" mean?

As a proper noun, "Bouygues" means: Nom de famille français.

What words are commonly confused with "Bouygues"?

"Bouygues" is commonly confused with "bouges", "bougies", "Bourges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Bouygues"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bouygues" is \bwiɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Bouygues" come from?

"Bouygues" 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 "Bouygues", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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