bulgare

/\byl.ɡaʁ\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,311

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

bulgare is anFrenchadj. It means: Relatif aux Bulgares ou au bulgare. Pronounced \byl.ɡaʁ\. Often confused with Bulgarie and bulgares.

Key facts for bulgare
PropertyValue
Headwordbulgare
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\byl.ɡaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,311
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bulgare in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bulgare is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \byl.ɡaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,311 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Relatif aux Bulgares ou au bulgare.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bulgare, with forms such as "bbulgare", "blugare", and "buglare". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Bulgarie", "bulgares", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bulgare, spelled B-U-L-G-A-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux Bulgares ou au bulgare.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbulgare,blugare,buglare,bulagre,bulgaer,bulgarre,bulggare,bulgrae,bullgare,ublgare

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bulgare

Misspelling Variants of "bulgare"

bbulgare8blugare7buglare7bulagre7bulgaer7bulgarre8bulggare8bulgrae7
Misspelling Variants of "bulgare"

Frequency rank: #16,311 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bulgare"?
"bulgare" is spelled B-U-L-G-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \byl.ɡaʁ\.
What does "bulgare" mean?
As an adj, "bulgare" means: Relatif aux Bulgares ou au bulgare.
What words are commonly confused with "bulgare"?
"bulgare" is commonly confused with "Bulgarie", "bulgares". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bulgare"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bulgare" is \byl.ɡaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bulgare" come from?
"bulgare" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.