beigne
\bɛɲ\
The verdict
“beigne” is uncommon French (frequency #62,811 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,811
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bosse résultant d’un coup.
Corpus desk
Index FR-beigne · beigne · French
beigne · rank #62,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,811
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bassa
Nearest frequency peer: bassa (-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 « beigne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- baryum
baryum
37,193 corpus weight
- bassa
bassa
37,191 corpus weight
- beigne
beigne
37,190 corpus weight
- bid
bid
37,189 corpus weight
- bifurquer
bifurquer
37,188 corpus weight
- Björk
Björk
37,187 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « beigne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beigne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛɲ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « beigne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
beigne is uncommon French at frequency #62,811 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
beigne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is beigne, spelled B-E-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Bosse résultant d’un coup.
- 2Coup à la tête, baffe, gifle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beigne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et la jeune femme qui accourait reçut un coup de poing entre les deux yeux qui la fit pivoter sur elle-même et s’étaler de tout son long… L’homme parti, la femme se relevait. Elle avait une beigne sur l’œil.
Ils ont tout ramassé Des beignes et des pavés Ils ont gueulé si fort Qu’ils peuvent gueuler encore
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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