bénédicité
\be.ne.di.si.te\
The verdict
“bénédicité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prière qui se fait, chez les chrétiens, avant le repas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-benedicite · bénédicité · French
bénédicité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | bénédicité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \be.ne.di.si.te\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bénédicité” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bénédicité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \be.ne.di.si.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prière qui se fait, chez les chrétiens, avant le repas.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bénédicité in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bénédicité, spelled B-É-N-É-D-I-C-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Prière qui se fait, chez les chrétiens, avant le repas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bénédicité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et Jean, dont la promenade avait aiguisé l’appétit, se donna à peine le temps de dire son bénédicité, et entra tout de suite en fonctions.
Sur les deux bancs s’abattent la famille et les domestiques. On mange entre deux prières. C’est l’oncle Jean qui dit le bénédicité. Tout le monde se tient debout, tête nue, et se rassoit en disant : « Amen ! » Amen ! est le mot que j’ai entendu le plus souvent quand j’étais petit. Amen ! et le bruit des cuillers de bois commence ; un bruit mou, tout bête.
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