Bernadotte

\bɛʁ.na.dɔt\

/\bɛʁ.na.dɔt\/ name

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The verdict

“Bernadotte” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,519
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bernadotte · Bernadotte · French

Bernadotte · rank #49,519 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,519
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH beton

Nearest frequency peer: beton (+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 « Bernadotte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Bernadotte » 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).

Bernadotte vs Bernadette
90% similar

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

Key facts for Bernadotte
PropertyValue
HeadwordBernadotte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\bɛʁ.na.dɔt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#49,519
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bernadotte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Bernadottese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « beton » (#49,520), « benedetti » (#49,517), « Beaugrand » (#49,516). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bernadotte » est au #49,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Bernadotte (IPA \bɛʁ.na.dɔt\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #49,519 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bernadotte, with forms such as "bbernadotte", "benradotte", and "berandotte". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Bernadette", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Bernadotte, spelled B-E-R-N-A-D-O-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le général Bernadotte.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbernadotte
  • benradotte
  • berandotte
  • bernaddotte
  • bernadote
  • bernadotet
  • bernadtote
  • bernaodtte
  • berndaotte
  • bernnadotte
  • berrnadotte
  • brenadotte
  • ebrnadotte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bernadotte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbernadotte1benradotte2berandotte2bernaddotte1bernadote1bernadotet2bernadtote2bernaodtte2
Edit distance from "Bernadotte"

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 "Bernadotte"?
"Bernadotte" is spelled B-E-R-N-A-D-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛʁ.na.dɔt\.
What does "Bernadotte" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bernadotte" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Bernadotte"?
"Bernadotte" is commonly confused with "Bernadette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bernadotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bernadotte" is \bɛʁ.na.dɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bernadotte" come from?
"Bernadotte" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

biographes#49,523bourrelets#49,529automation#49,505assimilant#49,497

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Beaugrand13 variantsarrêterais13 variantsapprouvant13 variantsclusters13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list