bête à manger de l’herbe
\bɛ.t‿a mɑ̃.ʒe də l‿ɛʁb\
The verdict
“bête à manger de l’herbe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de bête à manger du foin
Corpus desk
Index FR-bete-a-manger-de-l-herbe · bête à manger de l’herbe · French
bête à manger de l’herbe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 manger de l’herbe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bɛ.t‿a mɑ̃.ʒe də l‿ɛʁb\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bête à manger de l’herbe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bɛ.t‿a mɑ̃.ʒe də l‿ɛʁb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de bête à manger du foin".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bête à manger de l’herbe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bête à manger de l’herbe, spelled B-Ê-T-E- -À- -M-A-N-G-E-R- -D-E- -L-’-H-E-R-B-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de bête à manger du foin
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bête à manger de l’herbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il me tarde de vous remercier, de vous embrasser, de revoir ma Nini et de me retrouver dans mon nid tranquille ; car je m’ennuie ici à avaler trois langues, si je les avais. Tout le monde y est bête à manger de l’herbe, surtout les gens d’esprit, qui redoublent de vide et de paradoxe pour prouver que tout est pour le mieux.
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.