bandoulière

\bɑ̃.du.ljɛʁ\

/\bɑ̃.du.ljɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“bandoulière” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,135
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce de l’ancien équipement militaire, formée d’une large bande de cuir, qui passait de l’épaule gauche sous le bras droit : elle servait aux cavaliers pour y suspendre leur mousqueton à l’aide d’...

Corpus desk

Index FR-bandouliere · bandoulière · French

bandoulière · rank #40,135 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,135
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 227,490
  • PHOTO-FINISH bandages

Nearest frequency peer: bandages (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “bandoulière”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “bandoulière” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for bandoulière
PropertyValue
Headwordbandoulière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɑ̃.du.ljɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#40,135
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bandoulière” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bandoulière lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around bandoulière (IPA \bɑ̃.du.ljɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,135 among 227,490 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for bandoulière, with forms such as "abndoulière", "badnoulière", and "banddoulière". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bandoulière, spelled B-A-N-D-O-U-L-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce de l’ancien équipement militaire, formée d’une large bande de cuir, qui passait de l’épaule gauche sous le bras droit : elle servait aux cavaliers pour y suspendre leur mousqueton à l’aide d’un crochet et aux fantassins pour y attacher leur fourniment de poudre et de balles.
  2. 2
    Large baudrier de cuir ou d’étoffe.
  3. 3
    Sangle servant à porter sur l’épaule des objets divers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bandoulière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Porter en bandoulière.
  2. La bandoulière d’un garde-chasse, d’un suisse d’église.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abndoulière
  • badnoulière
  • banddoulière
  • bandoluière
  • bandouilère
  • bandouliere
  • bandoulirèe
  • bandoulièer
  • bandoulièrre
  • bandoullière
  • bandoulèire
  • banduolière
  • banndoulière
  • banodulière
  • bbandoulière
  • bnadoulière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bandoulière - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abndoulière2badnoulière2banddoulière1bandoluière2bandouilère2bandouliere1bandoulirèe2bandoulièer2
Edit distance from "bandoulière"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bandoulière"?
"bandoulière" is spelled B-A-N-D-O-U-L-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɑ̃.du.ljɛʁ\.
What does "bandoulière" mean?
As a noun, "bandoulière" means: Pièce de l’ancien équipement militaire, formée d’une large bande de cuir, qui passait de l’épaule gauche sous le bras droit : elle servait aux cavaliers pour y suspendre leur mousqueton à l’aide d’...
What are common misspellings of "bandoulière"?
Common misspellings include "abndoulière", "badnoulière", "banddoulière", "bandoluière", "bandouilère". The correct spelling is "bandoulière".
How do you pronounce "bandoulière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bandoulière" is \bɑ̃.du.ljɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bandoulière" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list