behaviour
\bɪˈheɪ.vjə\
The verdict
“behaviour” is uncommon French (frequency #82,720 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,720
- 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-behaviour · behaviour · French
behaviour · rank #82,720 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,720
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Belair
Nearest frequency peer: Belair (+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 « behaviour »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield
17,286 corpus weight
- behaviour
behaviour
17,281 corpus weight
- Belair
Belair
17,280 corpus weight
- belettes
belettes
17,279 corpus weight
- Bellefeuille
Bellefeuille
17,278 corpus weight
- Benicio
Benicio
17,277 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « behaviour » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | behaviour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɪˈheɪ.vjə\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « behaviour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
behaviour is uncommon French at frequency #82,720 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.".
No misspelling variants are generated for behaviour in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is behaviour, spelled B-E-H-A-V-I-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Tenue (façon de se tenir), comportement, procédé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how behaviour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The behaviour of individuals and companies is a key factor contributing to a safe road-transport environment, as they choose the form of mobility and the safety features of vehicles, and are responsible for how they behave in traffic.
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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