boyfriend
\ˈbɔɪ.ˌfɹɛnd\
The verdict
“boyfriend” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,368
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit ami, copain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boyfriend · boyfriend · French
boyfriend · rank #48,368 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,368
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bosseur
Nearest frequency peer: bosseur (-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 « boyfriend »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bistrots
bistrots
51,636 corpus weight
- blogueuses
blogueuses
51,635 corpus weight
- bosseur
bosseur
51,634 corpus weight
- boyfriend
boyfriend
51,633 corpus weight
- brands
brands
51,632 corpus weight
- bread
bread
51,630 corpus weight
What this shows « boyfriend » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boyfriend |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbɔɪ.ˌfɹɛnd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « boyfriend »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around boyfriend (IPA \ˈbɔɪ.ˌfɹɛnd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,368 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Petit ami, copain.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for boyfriend, with forms such as "bboyfriend", "bofyriend", and "boyffriend". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is boyfriend, spelled B-O-Y-F-R-I-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Petit ami, copain.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bboyfriend
- bofyriend
- boyffriend
- boyfirend
- boyfreind
- boyfriedn
- boyfriendd
- boyfriennd
- boyfrined
- boyfrriend
- boyrfiend
- boyyfriend
- byofriend
- obyfriend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of boyfriend - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).