Belle au bois dormant
\bɛ.l‿o bwa dɔʁ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“Belle au bois dormant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Héroïne d’un conte populaire consigné par écrit par Charles Perrault en France et Jacob et Wilhelm Grimm en Allemagne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-belle-au-bois-dormant · Belle au bois dormant · French
Belle au bois dormant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Belle au bois dormant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bɛ.l‿o bwa dɔʁ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Belle au bois dormant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bɛ.l‿o bwa dɔʁ.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Héroïne d’un conte populaire consigné par écrit par Charles Perrault en France et Jacob et Wilhelm Grimm en Allemagne.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Belle au bois dormant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Belle au bois dormant, spelled B-E-L-L-E- -A-U- -B-O-I-S- -D-O-R-M-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Héroïne d’un conte populaire consigné par écrit par Charles Perrault en France et Jacob et Wilhelm Grimm en Allemagne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Belle au bois dormant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La version de La Belle au bois dormant que Jacob et Wilhelm Grimm ont publié est postérieure à celle de Charles Perrault.
L’atroce France de 1940, le pays de la Belle au bois dormant, où chacun est resté pétrifié là où le malheur le surprit, les trains immobiles, les autos dans les garages, les gens se gardant bien de faire le moindre geste, si ce n’est de fumer les cigarettes du vainqueur.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.