bande dessinée
\bɑ̃d dɛ.si.ne\
The verdict
“bande dessinée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Œuvre utilisant des images fixes non purement photographiques, généralement des dessins, articulées dans une visée narrative.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bande-dessinee · bande dessinée · French
bande dessinée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | bande dessinée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃d dɛ.si.ne\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bande dessinée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bande dessinée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑ̃d dɛ.si.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bande dessinée doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with 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 bande dessinée, spelled B-A-N-D-E- -D-E-S-S-I-N-É-E.
Definition
- 1Œuvre utilisant des images fixes non purement photographiques, généralement des dessins, articulées dans une visée narrative.
- 2L’album contenant une bande dessinée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bande dessinée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est sous la forme d'une bande dessinée de Jean-Louis Tripp que la ville de Moissy-Cramayel a choisi de faire connaître au public les nouveaux locaux de sa médiathèque.
Quand tu l’auras finie, tu pourras me prêter ta bande dessinée ?
This word in other languages
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.