bannière

\ba.njɛʁ\

/\ba.njɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“bannière” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,200 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#8,200
frequency rank, French
8
letters
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enseigne que le seigneur de fief avait droit de porter à la guerre et sous laquelle se rangeaient les vassaux qu’il y conduisait.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bannière vs bannir
75% similar
bannière vs Bavière
63% similar
bannière vs Barnier
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bannière
PropertyValue
Headwordbannière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.njɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,200
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bannière” 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). bannière lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bannière is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.njɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,200 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bannière, with forms such as "abnnière", "baninère", and "banière". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "bannir", "Bavière", "Barnier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bannière, spelled B-A-N-N-I-È-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enseigne que le seigneur de fief avait droit de porter à la guerre et sous laquelle se rangeaient les vassaux qu’il y conduisait.
  2. 2
    Enseigne ; étendard.
  3. 3
    Pavillon qui indiquait à quelle nation appartenait le navire qui l’arborait.
  4. 4
    Sorte d’étendard que l’on porte aux processions et qui sert à distinguer une paroisse ou une confrérie.
  5. 5
    En Albanie, Mongolie et Touva, territoire relevant de l’autorité d’un seigneur.
  6. 6
    Signe ou insigne partisan ; parti.
  7. 7
    Court texte renvoyé par un serveur avant la demande d’identification de l’utilisateur.
  8. 8
    Zone d’écran plus haute que large, à vocation publicitaire, informative ou décorative, située sur un des côtés de la page d’un site.
  9. 9
    Forme abrégée de bannière publicitaire.
  10. 10
    Meuble représentant l’enseigne du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle est généralement représentée carrée, attachée à une lance et orientée à senestre. Certains illustrateurs utilisent à tort le guidon comme représentation (drapeau rectangulaire étroit et long à l’extrémité fendue). Elle est parfois dite enverguée quand une barre horizontale est utilisée pour maintenir le tissu tendu. On la dit frangée quand la bordure est faite de fils. Par commodité, il arrive qu’elle soit orientée à dextre quand son déploiement à senestre n’est pas faisable (un autre meuble gêne, le mât est trop près du flanc senestre, un espace vide apparaît dans l’écu…) mais ce n’est jamais blasonné. À rapprocher de étendard, gonfanon, guidon, oriflamme, pavillon et pennon.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abnnière,baninère,banière,banniere,bannirèe,bannièer,bannièrre,bannèire,bbannière,bnanière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abnnière2baninère2banière1banniere1bannirèe2bannièer2bannièrre1bannèire2
Edit distance from "bannière"

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bannière"?
"bannière" is spelled B-A-N-N-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.njɛʁ\.
What does "bannière" mean?
As a noun, "bannière" means: Enseigne que le seigneur de fief avait droit de porter à la guerre et sous laquelle se rangeaient les vassaux qu’il y conduisait.
What words are commonly confused with "bannière"?
"bannière" is commonly confused with "bannir", "Bavière", "Barnier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bannière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bannière" is \ba.njɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bannière" come from?
"bannière" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “bannière”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-N-N-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ba.njɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “bannir” - see the side-by-side comparison. bannière vs bannir
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list