bananiers

\ba.na.nje\

/\ba.na.nje\/ adj

The verdict

“bananiers” is uncommon French (frequency #63,543 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,543
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de bananier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bananiers · bananiers · French

bananiers · rank #63,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,543
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bandelette

Nearest frequency peer: bandelette (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bananiers »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bananiers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bananiers
PropertyValue
Headwordbananiers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ba.na.nje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bananiers » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bananierstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bandelette » (#63,544), « aéronavale » (#63,541), « Banville » (#63,545). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bananiers » est au #63,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bananiers is uncommon French at frequency #63,543 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ba.na.nje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de bananier.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bananiers, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bananiers, spelled B-A-N-A-N-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de bananier.

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 "bananiers"?
"bananiers" is spelled B-A-N-A-N-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.na.nje\.
What does "bananiers" mean?
As an adjective, "bananiers" means: Masculin pluriel de bananier.
How do you pronounce "bananiers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bananiers" is \ba.na.nje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list