bête à manger du foin
\bɛ.t‿a mɑ̃.ʒe dy fwɛ̃\
The verdict
“bête à manger du foin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très stupide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bete-a-manger-du-foin · bête à manger du foin · French
bête à manger du foin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 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 du foin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bɛ.t‿a mɑ̃.ʒe dy fwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bête à manger du foin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bɛ.t‿a mɑ̃.ʒe dy fwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très stupide.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bête à manger du foin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bête à manger du foin, spelled B-Ê-T-E- -À- -M-A-N-G-E-R- -D-U- -F-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1Très stupide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bête à manger du foin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
FERDINAND, d’un air malin. – Sans compter qu’il y a pas mal d’hommes qu’on prendrait volontiers pour des bêtes, quoiqu’ils marchent sur deux pieds. HENRIETTE, souriant. – Voilà pourquoi on dit : Bête à manger du foin.
À présent, elle la découvrait bête à manger du foin.
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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.