bube
\byb\
The verdict
“bube” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite élevure sur la peau, pustule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bube · bube · French
bube · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bube |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \byb\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bube » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bube is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \byb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite élevure sur la peau, pustule.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bube in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bube, spelled B-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1Petite élevure sur la peau, pustule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bube appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa femme, une madame Eléonore (dont les tétés semblaient deux bubes de varicelle, et le boudin un petit creux désert) […]
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.