Bedlam
\bɛd.lam\
The verdict
“Bedlam” is uncommon French (frequency #97,698 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,698
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom d’un fameux hôpital de Londres, où l’on enfermait les aliénés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bedlam · Bedlam · French
Bedlam · rank #97,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,698
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH becquée
Nearest frequency peer: becquée (-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 « Bedlam »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bazoches
bazoches
2,307 corpus weight
- bbl
bbl
2,306 corpus weight
- Beaupréau
Beaupréau
2,305 corpus weight
- becquée
becquée
2,304 corpus weight
- Bedlam
Bedlam
2,303 corpus weight
- beloved
beloved
2,301 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bedlam » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bedlam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bɛd.lam\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bedlam » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bedlam is uncommon French at frequency #97,698 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bɛd.lam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom d’un fameux hôpital de Londres, où l’on enfermait les aliénés.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bedlam in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Bedlam, spelled B-E-D-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1Nom d’un fameux hôpital de Londres, où l’on enfermait les aliénés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bedlam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais ni le feu ni l’eau dans leurs lubricités Et les débordements de leur rage soudaine, D’un frisson aussi vif ne glacent l’âme humaine Et ne serrent le cœur, autant que le tableau Qu’offrent les malheureux qui souffrent du cerveau, L’aspect tumultueux des pauvres créatures Qui vivent, ô Bedlam ! Sous tes voûtes obscures !
Une Anglaise de grand talent me parlait d’un séjour qu’elle a fait en 1922 à Bedlam, un des plus vieux hôpitaux de fous qui soient au monde, « good old Bedlam » comme elle l’appelle avec bonne humeur malgré les souvenirs qu’elle en garde.
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.
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