bande originale
\bɑ̃.d‿ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nal\
The verdict
“bande originale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bande magnétique comportant la musique destinée à accompagner un film.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bande-originale · bande originale · French
bande originale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 originale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃.d‿ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nal\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bande originale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑ̃.d‿ɔ.ʁi.ʒi.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bande originale has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bande originale, spelled B-A-N-D-E- -O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Bande magnétique comportant la musique destinée à accompagner un film.
- 2Ensemble des pièces musicales composées pour un film.
- 3Album regroupant les musiques composées pour un film.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bande originale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une bande originale est conçue pour accompagner une image. Rares sont donc les BOs que l’on écoute en entier sans le film, en raison des répétitions de thèmes et du manque de narration visuelle.
Le tout est servi par la bande originale de Gustavo Santaolalla, lauréat de deux Oscars de la meilleure musique de film.
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.