Béatrice

/\be.a.tʁis\/ name

The verdict

“Béatrice” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #14,215 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#14,215
frequency rank, French
8
letters
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Prénom féminin.

Key facts for Béatrice
PropertyValue
HeadwordBéatrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\be.a.tʁis\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,215
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Béatrice” 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). Béatrice 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 Béatrice is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \be.a.tʁis\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,215 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Béatrice, with forms such as "baétrice", "bbéatrice", and "beatrice". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Béatrix", 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 Béatrice, spelled B-É-A-T-R-I-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: baétrice,bbéatrice,beatrice,béartice,béatirce,béatrcie,béatricce,béatriec,béatrrice,béattrice,bétarice,ébatrice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "Béatrice"

baétrice2bbéatrice1beatrice1béartice2béatirce2béatrcie2béatricce1béatriec2
Edit distance from "Béatrice"

Frequency rank: #14,215 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Béatrice"?
"Béatrice" is spelled B-É-A-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \be.a.tʁis\.
What does "Béatrice" mean?
As a proper noun, "Béatrice" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Béatrice"?
"Béatrice" is commonly confused with "Béatrix". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Béatrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Béatrice" is \be.a.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Béatrice" come from?
"Béatrice" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Béatrice”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-É-A-T-R-I-C-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \be.a.tʁis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “Béatrix” — see the side-by-side comparison. Béatrice vs Béatrix
  • 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.