buron
\by.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“buron” is uncommon French (frequency #85,542 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,542
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu où l'on fait le fromage pendant l'estive dans les montagnes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-buron · buron · French
buron · rank #85,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,542
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Burnet
Nearest frequency peer: Burnet (-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 « buron »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- broyeuse
broyeuse
14,463 corpus weight
- brus
brus
14,462 corpus weight
- bugger
bugger
14,461 corpus weight
- Burnet
Burnet
14,460 corpus weight
- buron
buron
14,459 corpus weight
- calquées
calquées
14,455 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « buron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \by.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « buron » en français
Rare enough to double-check
buron is uncommon French at frequency #85,542 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \by.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
buron doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is buron, spelled B-U-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Lieu où l'on fait le fromage pendant l'estive dans les montagnes.
- 2Bâtisse de pierres sèches disséminées en campagne ou en montagne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how buron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous vivions tous ensemble dans des burons d’altitude, cabanes de berger où mûrissait, sur des claies, le cantal, fromage délicieux dont nous nous gavions et qui, avec des steaks de vaches fraîchement tuées, constituait notre unique nourriture, ce qui entraîna à terme de spectaculaires furonculoses, inguérissables jusqu’à l’arrivée de la pénicilline appor…
Au buron, les rôles se distribuent entre trois ou quarte hommes. Chargé des tâches ingrates, le plus humble s’élève au fil des ans pour assumer la conduite et la gestion du troupeau, la traite et l’élaboration de la tomme, jusqu’à atteindre l’expérience du vacher, ou fromager, chef d’équipe responsable de la fabrication du fromage.
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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