bent

\bɛnt\

/\bɛnt\/ noun

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The verdict

“bent” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,668
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type de bicyclette sur laquelle on pédale couché sur le dos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bent · bent · French

bent · rank #39,668 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,668
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH berk

Nearest frequency peer: berk (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bent vs BT
0% similar
bent vs BN
0% similar
bent vs bon
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bent
PropertyValue
Headwordbent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛnt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#39,668
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « berk » (#39,669), « Benito » (#39,666), « biff » (#39,670). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bent » est au #39,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bent (IPA \bɛnt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,668 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Type de bicyclette sur laquelle on pédale couché sur le dos.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bent, with forms such as "bbent", "bennt", and "bentt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BT", "BN", "bon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bent, spelled B-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Type de bicyclette sur laquelle on pédale couché sur le dos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La principale particularité et/ou originalité de cette prouesse, c’est que le brillant vainqueur a chevauché une monture que l’on n’a guère l’habitude de voir au cœur des pelotons : un vélo couché, également appelé bent ou vélorizontal par les spécialistes, dont l’avantage premier est d’offrir moins de résistance au vent.

Synonyms

vélo couchévélorizontal

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbent
  • bennt
  • bentt
  • betn
  • bnet
  • ebnt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbent1bennt1bentt1betn2bnet2ebnt2
Edit distance from "bent"

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 "bent"?
"bent" is spelled B-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛnt\.
What does "bent" mean?
As a noun, "bent" means: Type de bicyclette sur laquelle on pédale couché sur le dos.
What words are commonly confused with "bent"?
"bent" is commonly confused with "BT", "BN", "bon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bent" is \bɛnt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bent" come from?
"bent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

berk#39,669biff#39,670belo#39,664bong#39,675

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

bosc6 variantsconor6 variantsWelt6 variantsdorer6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list