beau-fils
\bo.fis\
The verdict
“beau-fils” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fils né d’un lit antérieur de l’un ou de l’autre des deux époux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-beau-fils · beau-fils · French
beau-fils · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beau-fils |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bo.fis\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
beau-fils is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bo.fis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for beau-fils in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is beau-fils, spelled B-E-A-U---F-I-L-S.
Definition
- 1Fils né d’un lit antérieur de l’un ou de l’autre des deux époux.
- 2Mari de la fille ou du fils.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beau-fils appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon beau-fils, expert en l’art de graduer ses effets, exhibe petit à petit un jeu de cravates, de casquettes plates à grande visière, de knickerbockers et de bas tyroliens, propres à fanatiser les foules.
Mes quatre beaux-fils ne m’appellent pas beau-père, mais “joli-papa”, et me présentent comme tel à leurs amis, raconte, par exemple, Dominique.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.