béantes

\be.ɑ̃t\

/\be.ɑ̃t\/ adj

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The verdict

“béantes” is uncommon French (frequency #80,958 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,958
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de béant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-beantes · béantes · French

béantes · rank #80,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,958
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brûlage

Nearest frequency peer: brûlage (-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 « béantes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « béantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for béantes
PropertyValue
Headwordbéantes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\be.ɑ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,958
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « béantes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).béantestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « brûlage » (#80,957), « béate » (#80,959), « Bréhat » (#80,956). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « béantes » est au #80,958. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

béantes is uncommon French at frequency #80,958 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \be.ɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de béant.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for béantes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is béantes, spelled B-É-A-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de béant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Des fenêtres, là-haut, s’ouvrent, creuses et noires comme des orbites béantes dans le crâne d’un squelette.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "béantes"?
"béantes" is spelled B-É-A-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \be.ɑ̃t\.
What does "béantes" mean?
As an adjective, "béantes" means: Féminin pluriel de béant.
How do you pronounce "béantes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "béantes" is \be.ɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "béantes" come from?
"béantes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brûlage#80,957brocart#80,955canidés#80,964Brisset#80,951

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list