behavior
\bɪˈheɪ.vjə\
The verdict
“behavior” is uncommon French (frequency #59,828 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,828
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tenue (façon de se tenir), comportement, procédé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-behavior · behavior · French
behavior · rank #59,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,828
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH beginning
Nearest frequency peer: beginning (-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 « behavior »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- BBW
BBW
40,177 corpus weight
- BDD
BDD
40,176 corpus weight
- beale
beale
40,175 corpus weight
- beginning
beginning
40,174 corpus weight
- behavior
behavior
40,173 corpus weight
- beurres
beurres
40,171 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « behavior » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | behavior |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɪˈheɪ.vjə\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « behavior » en français
Rare enough to double-check
behavior is uncommon French at frequency #59,828 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɪˈheɪ.vjə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tenue (façon de se tenir), comportement, procédé.".
Zero misspellings are on record for behavior in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is behavior, spelled B-E-H-A-V-I-O-R.
Definition
- 1Tenue (façon de se tenir), comportement, procédé.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).