bien commun
\bjɛ̃ kɔ.mœ̃\
The verdict
“bien commun” 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) - Ce qui bénéficie au plus grand nombre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bien-commun · bien commun · French
bien commun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | bien commun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bjɛ̃ kɔ.mœ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bien commun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bien commun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bjɛ̃ kɔ.mœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bien commun in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 bien commun, spelled B-I-E-N- -C-O-M-M-U-N.
Definition
- 1Ce qui bénéficie au plus grand nombre.
- 2Ressource, bien non-rival disponible à tous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bien commun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La démocratie est un régime exigeant, autant pour les politiciens que pour les citoyens. (...). Plus important, peut-être, il faut oublier ses intérêts personnels pour privilégier le bien commun.
Il apparaît donc essentiel de faire la part des choses entre les réels besoins médicaux et les discours validistes, et de redonner à la recherche scientifique sa place de bien commun devant être pris en charge par l'État.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.