Bellefontaine

Name: Bellefontaine, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\bɛl.fɔ̃.tɛn\

/\bɛl.fɔ̃.tɛn\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Bellefontaine” is uncommon French (frequency #84,560 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,560
frequency rank, French: 227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Jura.

Key facts for Bellefontaine
Property	Value
Headword	Bellefontaine
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\bɛl.fɔ̃.tɛn\
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#84,560
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Bellefontaine” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Bellefontaine lands here:

#84,560

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bellefontaine is uncommon French at frequency #84,560 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bɛl.fɔ̃.tɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Bellefontaine in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Bellefontaine, spelled B-E-L-L-E-F-O-N-T-A-I-N-E.

Definition

1
Commune française, située dans le département du Jura.
2
Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département de la Manche intégrée à la commune de Juvigny-les-Vallées en janvier 2017.
3
Commune française, située dans le département des Vosges.
4
Commune française, située dans le département du Val-d’Oise.
5
Commune française, située dans le département de la Martinique.
6
Ancien nom de la commune de Tidjelabine dans la wilaya de Boumerdès en Algérie.
7
Section de la commune de Bièvre en Belgique.
8
Section de la commune de Tintigny en Belgique.
9
Siège du comté de Logan, situé dans l'État de l'Ohio, aux États-Unis.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bellefontaine"?

"Bellefontaine" is spelled B-E-L-L-E-F-O-N-T-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛl.fɔ̃.tɛn\.

What does "Bellefontaine" mean?

As a proper noun, "Bellefontaine" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Jura.

How do you pronounce "Bellefontaine"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bellefontaine" is \bɛl.fɔ̃.tɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Bellefontaine" come from?

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Using “Bellefontaine”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is B-E-L-L-E-F-O-N-T-A-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.