bantam
\bɑ̃.tam\
The verdict
“bantam” is uncommon French (frequency #56,438 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,438
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Race de poules naines, originaires de Chine, basses sur pattes, à petite crête simple, et à oreillons rouges.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bantam · bantam · French
bantam · rank #56,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,438
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH balancement
Nearest frequency peer: balancement (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « bantam »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bafoue
bafoue
43,566 corpus weight
- Balagne
Balagne
43,565 corpus weight
- balancement
balancement
43,564 corpus weight
- bantam
bantam
43,563 corpus weight
- baptistère
baptistère
43,562 corpus weight
- bcbg
bcbg
43,559 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bantam » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bantam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ̃.tam\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bantam » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bantam is uncommon French at frequency #56,438 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑ̃.tam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bantam, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bantam, spelled B-A-N-T-A-M.
Definition
- 1Race de poules naines, originaires de Chine, basses sur pattes, à petite crête simple, et à oreillons rouges.
- 2Une des catégories d’âge de hockey mineur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bantam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous avons les poules naines, très agréables d’aspect ; la race bantam, que l’on attribue au goût et aux soins des Japonais,…
La seule [volaille] à laquelle on puisse soupçonner quelque chose comme une voix, c’est un vieux bantam du boulanger d’à côté, encore est-il devenu enroué pour avoir été trop mal nourri et mal logé dans sa dernière place.
Synonyms
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); 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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).