bulgares
\byl.ɡaʁ\
The verdict
“bulgares” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,071 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #20,071
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de bulgare.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bulgares |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \byl.ɡaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bulgares” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bulgares is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \byl.ɡaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,071 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de bulgare.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bulgares, with forms such as "bbulgares", "blugares", and "buglares". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Bulgarie", "bulgare", "Baléares", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bulgares, spelled B-U-L-G-A-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de bulgare.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbulgares,blugares,buglares,bulagres,bulgaers,bulgaress,bulgarres,bulgarse,bulggares,bulgraes,bullgares,ublgares
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bulgares - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “bulgares”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-U-L-G-A-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \byl.ɡaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Bulgarie” - see the side-by-side comparison. bulgares vs Bulgarie
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.