Bernhardt

\bɛʁ.naʁ\

/\bɛʁ.naʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Bernhardt” is uncommon French (frequency #50,670 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,670
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-bernhardt · Bernhardt · French

Bernhardt · rank #50,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,670
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH benn

Nearest frequency peer: benn (-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 « Bernhardt »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bernhardt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bernhardt
PropertyValue
HeadwordBernhardt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\bɛʁ.naʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,670
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Bernhardt » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Bernhardttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « benn » (#50,669), « beuverie » (#50,671), « beacon » (#50,668). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bernhardt » est au #50,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bernhardt is uncommon French at frequency #50,670 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bɛʁ.naʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bernhardt, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Bernhardt, spelled B-E-R-N-H-A-R-D-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.
  2. 2
    Nom de la comédienne Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je trouvais Sarah Bernhardt grotesque. Et puis, j'admirais trop Réjane. A mes yeux, louer Sarah, c'eût été trahir Réjane.

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 "Bernhardt"?
"Bernhardt" is spelled B-E-R-N-H-A-R-D-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛʁ.naʁ\.
What does "Bernhardt" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bernhardt" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Bernhardt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bernhardt" is \bɛʁ.naʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bernhardt" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list