bédane
\be.dan\
The verdict
“bédane” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit ciseau à bois plus épais que large pour creuser des mortaises.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bedane · bédane · French
bédane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | bédane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \be.dan\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bédane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bédane is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \be.dan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit ciseau à bois plus épais que large pour creuser des mortaises.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bédane in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 bédane, spelled B-É-D-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Petit ciseau à bois plus épais que large pour creuser des mortaises.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bédane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin si le charpentier se sert du bédane pour faire quelque entaille creuse comme celle d'une mortaise, le biseau doit se trouver du côte du copeau qu'il veut enlever, et le tranchant doit être perpendiculaire au fil du bois.
Armé du hacheret, du bédane et de la gouge, la varlope à la main, je règne, à mon établi, sur le chêne noueux et le noyer poli.
Synonyms
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.