bad boy
\bad bɔj\
The verdict
“bad boy” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme plutôt rebelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bad-boy · bad boy · French
bad boy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bad boy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bad bɔj\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bad boy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bad boy is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bad bɔj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bad boy in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bad boy, spelled B-A-D- -B-O-Y.
Definition
- 1Homme plutôt rebelle.
- 2Homme dont la nature rebelle le rend attrayant pour les femmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bad boy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le « bad boy » de la droite promet de jouer les « good guys » en soutenant Michel Barnier, « sans ambiguïté ».
Loin du gentil garçon, un peu timide et peureux, le bad boy a de l’assurance et le montre.
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.