bustier
\bys.tje\
The verdict
“bustier” is uncommon French (frequency #54,450 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,450
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corset souple, serre-taille, sous-vêtement féminin qui soutient la poitrine et la met en valeur. Il peut se fixer ou non au moyen de bretelles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bustier · bustier · French
bustier · rank #54,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,450
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bulldog
Nearest frequency peer: bulldog (-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 « bustier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- brûlaient
brûlaient
45,555 corpus weight
- buff
buff
45,554 corpus weight
- bulldog
bulldog
45,553 corpus weight
- bustier
bustier
45,551 corpus weight
- calmera
calmera
45,549 corpus weight
- calques
calques
45,548 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bustier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bustier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bys.tje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bustier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bustier is uncommon French at frequency #54,450 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bys.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Corset souple, serre-taille, sous-vêtement féminin qui soutient la poitrine et la met en valeur. Il peut se fixer ou non au moyen de bretelles.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bustier, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 bustier, spelled B-U-S-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Corset souple, serre-taille, sous-vêtement féminin qui soutient la poitrine et la met en valeur. Il peut se fixer ou non au moyen de bretelles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bustier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je pensais que j’avais des seins à bustier, mais comme je suis une couarde, j’ai choisi le dos nu à ficelle amovible.
Pour un véritable « bustier », c’est-à-dire un corsage qui peut faire office de soutien-gorge, la fixation des baleines ne peut pas être invisible.
This word in other languages
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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