Bukowski
The verdict
“Bukowski” is uncommon French (frequency #57,798 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,798
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bukowski · Bukowski · French
Bukowski · rank #57,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,798
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH broadcast
Nearest frequency peer: broadcast (-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 « Bukowski »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- brics
brics
42,206 corpus weight
- brindille
brindille
42,205 corpus weight
- broadcast
broadcast
42,204 corpus weight
- Bukowski
Bukowski
42,203 corpus weight
- bâtissent
bâtissent
42,202 corpus weight
- Bérégovoy
Bérégovoy
42,201 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bukowski » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bukowski |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bukowski » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bukowski is uncommon French at frequency #57,798 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bukowski in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Bukowski, spelled B-U-K-O-W-S-K-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bukowski appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lucio Bukowski.
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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