banc d’église
\bɑ̃ de.ɡliz\
The verdict
“banc d’église” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Banc d’église, comportant souvent un dossier et un agenouilloir, sur lequel s’assoient les fidèles pendant l'office.
Corpus desk
Index FR-banc-d-eglise · banc d’église · French
banc d’église · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | banc d’église |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃ de.ɡliz\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « banc d’église » en français
Rare enough to double-check
banc d’église is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑ̃ de.ɡliz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Banc d’église, comportant souvent un dossier et un agenouilloir, sur lequel s’assoient les fidèles pendant l'office.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for banc d’église, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is banc d’église, spelled B-A-N-C- -D-’-É-G-L-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Banc d’église, comportant souvent un dossier et un agenouilloir, sur lequel s’assoient les fidèles pendant l'office.
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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.