buigen
\bʌj.ɣǝ:\
The verdict
“buigen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courber, recourber.
Corpus desk
Index FR-buigen · buigen · French
buigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | buigen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bʌj.ɣǝ:\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « buigen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
buigen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bʌj.ɣǝ:\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for buigen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is buigen, spelled B-U-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Courber, recourber.
- 2S’incliner, se plier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how buigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
zich uit het venster buigen : se pencher à la fenêtre
voor iemand buigen : s’incliner devant quelqu’un
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.