bec d’âne
\bɛk d‿ɑn\
The verdict
“bec d’âne” 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) - Bédane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bec-d-ane · bec d’âne · French
bec d’âne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bec d’âne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛk d‿ɑn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bec d’âne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bec d’âne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛk d‿ɑn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bédane.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bec d’âne in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 bec d’âne, spelled B-E-C- -D-’-Â-N-E.
Definition
- 1Bédane.
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.