Bécancour

\be.kɑ̃.kuʁ\

/\be.kɑ̃.kuʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Bécancour” is uncommon French (frequency #57,138 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,138
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC du même nom.

Corpus desk

Index FR-becancour · Bécancour · French

Bécancour · rank #57,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,138
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bécasse

Nearest frequency peer: bécasse (+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 « Bécancour »

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 « Bécancour » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bécancour
PropertyValue
HeadwordBécancour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\be.kɑ̃.kuʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,138
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Bécancour » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Bécancourtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « bécasse » (#57,139), « busy » (#57,136), « Bénévent » (#57,140). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bécancour » est au #57,138. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bécancour is uncommon French at frequency #57,138 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \be.kɑ̃.kuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Bécancour doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Bécancour, spelled B-É-C-A-N-C-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC du même nom.
  2. 2
    Municipalité régionale de comté canadienne, située dans la province de Québec.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À l’occasion de la semaine des tout-petits, se tenant cette semaine, et de la Journée nationale de l’enfant, qui se déroulera le 20 novembre prochain, la Ville de Bécancour désire souligner l’importance de la jeunesse et de la famille en offrant gracieusement un livre aux enfants d’âges préscolaires de 0-5 ans fréquentant un CPE ou une autre installation…
  2. Greentone prévoit de pratiquement doubler la taille de sa production de Bécancour à partir du printemps 2022 avec un investissement de quelques dizaines de millions de dollars.

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 "Bécancour"?
"Bécancour" is spelled B-É-C-A-N-C-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \be.kɑ̃.kuʁ\.
What does "Bécancour" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bécancour" means: Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC du même nom.
How do you pronounce "Bécancour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bécancour" is \be.kɑ̃.kuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bécancour" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list