bête puante
\bɛt pɥɑ̃t\
The verdict
“bête puante” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moufette d’Amérique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bete-puante · bête puante · French
bête puante · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 puante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛt pɥɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bête puante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bête puante is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛt pɥɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Moufette d’Amérique.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bête puante in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bête puante, spelled B-Ê-T-E- -P-U-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Moufette d’Amérique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bête puante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon char pue comme le calice depuis que j'ai écrasé une bête puante dans le rang croche.
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.