bien en chair

\bjɛ̃.n‿ɑ̃ ʃɛʁ\

/\bjɛ̃.n‿ɑ̃ ʃɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“bien en chair” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie une personne ou un animal, ou une partie de leur corps, dont la corpulence est musculeuse et légèrement adipeuse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bien-en-chair · bien en chair · French

bien en chair · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 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.

Key facts for bien en chair
PropertyValue
Headwordbien en chair
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bjɛ̃.n‿ɑ̃ ʃɛʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bien en chair » en français

bien en chairreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bien en chair is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bjɛ̃.n‿ɑ̃ ʃɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie une personne ou un animal, ou une partie de leur corps, dont la corpulence est musculeuse et légèrement adipeuse.".

bien en chair has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bien en chair, spelled B-I-E-N- -E-N- -C-H-A-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie une personne ou un animal, ou une partie de leur corps, dont la corpulence est musculeuse et légèrement adipeuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bien en chair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Prenez deux poulets communs bien en chair, que vous flambez, épluchez & vuidez.
  2. C’est un bel homme bien en chair, élégant en effet, quoique de massive encolure, avec de larges épaules, des joues pleines, de beaux yeux noirs caressans.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bien en chair"?
"bien en chair" is spelled B-I-E-N- -E-N- -C-H-A-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bjɛ̃.n‿ɑ̃ ʃɛʁ\.
What does "bien en chair" mean?
As an adjective, "bien en chair" means: Qualifie une personne ou un animal, ou une partie de leur corps, dont la corpulence est musculeuse et légèrement adipeuse.
How do you pronounce "bien en chair"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bien en chair" is \bjɛ̃.n‿ɑ̃ ʃɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bien en chair" come from?
"bien en chair" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list