île Bourbon
\il buʁ.bɔ̃\
The verdict
“île Bourbon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de la Réunion (île de l’océan Indien) jusqu’à la Révolution française (1793).
Corpus desk
Index FR-ile-bourbon · île Bourbon · French
île Bourbon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Î" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | île Bourbon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \il buʁ.bɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
île Bourbon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \il buʁ.bɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom de la Réunion (île de l’océan Indien) jusqu’à la Révolution française (1793).".
île Bourbon has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is île Bourbon, spelled Î-L-E- -B-O-U-R-B-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de la Réunion (île de l’océan Indien) jusqu’à la Révolution française (1793).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how île Bourbon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On nomme « créole bourbonnais » l’ancêtre des actuels réunionnais, mauricien et seychellois, car leur histoire débute sur l’île Bourbon, actuelle Réunion.
Les botanistes vont plancher pendant des lustres sur la façon de régir le laborieux crac-crac de cette vierge avant d’être coiffés au poteau par Edmond Albius, un tout jeune esclave de l’île Bourbon.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.