bien en chair
\bjɛ̃.n‿ɑ̃ ʃɛʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bien en chair |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bjɛ̃.n‿ɑ̃ ʃɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bien en chair » en français
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
- 1Qualifie une personne ou un animal, ou une partie de leur corps, dont la corpulence est musculeuse et légèrement adipeuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bien en chair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prenez deux poulets communs bien en chair, que vous flambez, épluchez & vuidez.
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.
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.