bête à faire plaisir
\bɛ.t‿a fɛʁ plɛ.ziʁ\
The verdict
“bête à faire plaisir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Particulièrement stupide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bete-a-faire-plaisir · bête à faire plaisir · French
bête à faire plaisir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | bête à faire plaisir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bɛ.t‿a fɛʁ plɛ.ziʁ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bête à faire plaisir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bɛ.t‿a fɛʁ plɛ.ziʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Particulièrement stupide.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bête à faire plaisir in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bête à faire plaisir, spelled B-Ê-T-E- -À- -F-A-I-R-E- -P-L-A-I-S-I-R.
Definition
- 1Particulièrement stupide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bête à faire plaisir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Il est bête à faire plaisir, ton officier ; que peux-tu faire de cela ?
Cet avocat Marchand, qui passe pour un aigle et pour un fort bel esprit dans certaines maisons du Marais, est le plus mauvais plaisant de tous les mauvais plaisants de Paris. Il est lourd et bête à faire plaisir.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.