buvette

\by.vɛt\

/\by.vɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“buvette” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,183. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,183
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établissement où l’on boit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-buvette · buvette · French

buvette · rank #38,183 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,183
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Butter

Nearest frequency peer: Butter (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « buvette »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « buvette » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

buvette vs bette
71% similar
buvette vs belette
71% similar
buvette vs beurette
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for buvette
PropertyValue
Headwordbuvette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\by.vɛt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,183
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « buvette »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).buvettese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Butter » (#38,182), « burgos » (#38,181), « Calder » (#38,185). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buvette » est au #38,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around buvette (IPA \by.vɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,183 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for buvette, with forms such as "bbuvette", "buevtte", and "buvete". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "bette", "belette", "beurette", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 buvette, spelled B-U-V-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établissement où l’on boit.
  2. 2
    Buffet de rafraîchissements, attenant à un lieu d’assemblée publique.
  3. 3
    Endroit où l’on vend à boire et à manger, dans un lieu public (gare, salle de spectacle, édifice administratif, etc.) et dans des conditions plus modestes qu’au buffet.
  4. 4
    Endroit où l’on boit, dans les établissements d’eaux thermales.
  5. 5
    Fontaine où se désaltérer dans les lieux publics (écoles, hôpitaux, etc...).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how buvette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les forçats ne boivent pas de vin. Pourtant on avait toléré, dans le pénitencier de l’île Nou, qu’un gardien établît une buvette dans laquelle sa femme vendait à boire aux gens de l’île qui possédaient une autorisation.
  2. Des joueurs de belote, assis au fond d’une buvette, comptaient leurs points parmi les rires, les plaisanteries, les grosses bourrades, […].

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbuvette
  • buevtte
  • buvete
  • buvetet
  • buvtete
  • buvvette
  • bvuette
  • ubvette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buvette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbuvette1buevtte2buvete1buvetet2buvtete2buvvette1bvuette2ubvette2
Edit distance from "buvette"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "buvette"?
"buvette" is spelled B-U-V-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \by.vɛt\.
What does "buvette" mean?
As a noun, "buvette" means: Établissement où l’on boit.
What words are commonly confused with "buvette"?
"buvette" is commonly confused with "bette", "belette", "beurette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buvette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buvette" is \by.vɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buvette" come from?
"buvette" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "buvette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

broncos#38,178brigand#38,176bougera#38,173chaires#38,196

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list