bullion
\ˈbʊl.jən\
The verdict
“bullion” is uncommon French (frequency #78,214 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,214
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lingot de métal précieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bullion · bullion · French
bullion · rank #78,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,214
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH buquet
Nearest frequency peer: buquet (+2 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 « bullion »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Brégançon
Brégançon
21,791 corpus weight
- Buche
Buche
21,790 corpus weight
- bullion
bullion
21,787 corpus weight
- buquet
buquet
21,785 corpus weight
- bénéficions
bénéficions
21,784 corpus weight
- Cadmus
Cadmus
21,783 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bullion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bullion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbʊl.jən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bullion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bullion is uncommon French at frequency #78,214 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbʊl.jən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lingot de métal précieux.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bullion, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bullion, spelled B-U-L-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Lingot de métal précieux.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).