bévue
\be.vy\
The verdict
“bévue” is uncommon French (frequency #50,695 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,695
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erreur commise par ignorance ou par inadvertance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bevue · bévue · French
bévue · rank #50,695 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,695
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH buraliste
Nearest frequency peer: buraliste (-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 « bévue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Brodie
Brodie
49,310 corpus weight
- brossage
brossage
49,309 corpus weight
- buraliste
buraliste
49,307 corpus weight
- bévue
bévue
49,306 corpus weight
- bêche
bêche
49,305 corpus weight
- calendar
calendar
49,303 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bévue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bévue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \be.vy\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bévue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bévue is uncommon French at frequency #50,695 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \be.vy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Erreur commise par ignorance ou par inadvertance.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bévue, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bévue, spelled B-É-V-U-E.
Definition
- 1Erreur commise par ignorance ou par inadvertance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bévue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
II est en littérature des bévues qui tiennent à l’ignorance des choses mêmes.
C’est un bon métier que celui de prophète, mais à la condition d’y éviter les trop grosses bourdes et de ne pas montrer aux simples mortels combien est peu sensible parfois l’écart entre une prédiction et une bévue.
This word in other languages
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 "bévue"?
What does "bévue" mean?
How do you pronounce "bévue"?
What language does "bévue" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bévue", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).