bonjour
[bɔ̃.ʒuʁ]
The verdict
“bonjour” is uncommon German (frequency #53,552 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,552
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - guten Morgen, guten Tag
Corpus desk
Index DE-bonjour · bonjour · German
bonjour · rank #53,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,552
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bombardement
Nearest frequency peer: Bombardement (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „bonjour“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bodyguards
Bodyguards
46,452 corpus weight
- Boje
Boje
46,451 corpus weight
- Bombardement
Bombardement
46,450 corpus weight
- bonjour
bonjour
46,449 corpus weight
- Botswana
Botswana
46,448 corpus weight
- Brache
Brache
46,447 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bonjour“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonjour |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [bɔ̃.ʒuʁ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bonjour“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bonjour is uncommon German at frequency #53,552 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [bɔ̃.ʒuʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "guten Morgen, guten Tag".
Zero misspellings are on record for bonjour in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bonjour, spelled B-O-N-J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1guten Morgen, guten Tag
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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