beffroi
\be.fʁwa\
The verdict
“beffroi” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #42,766 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #42,766
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Édifice mobile en bois qui servait à prendre d’assaut des fortifications.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beffroi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \be.fʁwa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beffroi” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for beffroi is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \be.fʁwa\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,766 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for beffroi, with forms such as "bbeffroi", "beffori", and "beffrio". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is beffroi, spelled B-E-F-F-R-O-I.
Definition
- 1Édifice mobile en bois qui servait à prendre d’assaut des fortifications.
- 2Tour ou clocher servant à faire le guet et où se trouvait une cloche pour sonner l’alarme, campanile.
- 3Cloche du beffroi.
- 4Charpente qui porte les cloches.
- 5Charpente qui soutient les meules d’un moulin ; charpente de bois ou de fer qui supporte un train de laminoirs dans les forges et dans les aciéries.
- 6Meuble représentant le bâtiment du même nom dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de donjon, phare et tour.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbeffroi,beffori,beffrio,beffrroi,befrfoi,befroi,bfefroi,ebffroi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beffroi - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “beffroi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-E-F-F-R-O-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \be.fʁwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.