boxon
\bɔk.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“boxon” is uncommon French (frequency #61,358 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,358
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établissement où se pratique la prostitution, maison close.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boxon · boxon · French
boxon · rank #61,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,358
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Braithwaite
Nearest frequency peer: Braithwaite (+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 « boxon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Bouira
Bouira
38,647 corpus weight
- bourrique
bourrique
38,645 corpus weight
- boxon
boxon
38,643 corpus weight
- Braithwaite
Braithwaite
38,642 corpus weight
- Brantôme
Brantôme
38,641 corpus weight
- brink
brink
38,640 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « boxon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boxon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔk.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boxon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boxon is uncommon French at frequency #61,358 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔk.sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
boxon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is boxon, spelled B-O-X-O-N.
Definition
- 1Établissement où se pratique la prostitution, maison close.
- 2Situation chaotique, grand désordre, bordel, pagaille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boxon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils [ces athlètes] venaient surtout eux, au boxon, pour la rigolade. Souvent ils se battaient pour finir, énormément.
— T’as jamais été au boxon, j’suis sûr, même pour boire un coup ?
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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