benchmark
\bɛntʃ.maʁk\
The verdict
“benchmark” is uncommon French (frequency #61,332 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,332
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Une norme ou un standard qui sert de modèle lors d'une évaluation ou de prises de mesures.
Corpus desk
Index FR-benchmark · benchmark · French
benchmark · rank #61,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,332
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH battrait
Nearest frequency peer: battrait (-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 « benchmark »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- basané
basané
38,672 corpus weight
- Basquiat
Basquiat
38,671 corpus weight
- battrait
battrait
38,670 corpus weight
- benchmark
benchmark
38,669 corpus weight
- benjamins
benjamins
38,668 corpus weight
- Bernal
Bernal
38,667 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « benchmark » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | benchmark |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛntʃ.maʁk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « benchmark » en français
Rare enough to double-check
benchmark is uncommon French at frequency #61,332 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛntʃ.maʁk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for benchmark, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 benchmark, spelled B-E-N-C-H-M-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1Une norme ou un standard qui sert de modèle lors d'une évaluation ou de prises de mesures.
- 2Banc d’essai permettant de mesurer les performances d'un système pour le comparer à d'autres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how benchmark appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous interprétons les résultats, avec le Talentomètre réalisé trois fois par an comme benchmark, et puis aidons l'entreprise à rédiger un plan d'actions.
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); 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 "benchmark"?
What does "benchmark" mean?
How do you pronounce "benchmark"?
What language does "benchmark" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "benchmark", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).