bien-être
\bjɛ̃.n‿ɛtʁ\
The verdict
“bien-être” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État, humeur, disposition agréable du corps et de l’esprit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bien-etre · bien-être · French
bien-être · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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-être |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bjɛ̃.n‿ɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bien-être is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bjɛ̃.n‿ɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bien-être has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bien-être, spelled B-I-E-N---Ê-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1État, humeur, disposition agréable du corps et de l’esprit.
- 2Tout ce qui contribue à une existence agréable ou bien de cette existence même.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bien-être appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dés qu’il se sentit à couvert, il ralentit sa marche. Il était alors dans l’allée verte qui longe la muraille, derrière les planches. Là, il n’entendit même plus le bruit de ses pas ; l’herbe gelée craquait à peine sous ses pieds. Un sentiment de bien-être parut s’emparer de lui. Il devait aimer ce lieu, n’y craindre aucun danger, n’y rien venir chercher…
La torpeur qui paralysait son cerveau lui procurait trop de bien-être pour qu’il tentât de la chasser.
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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.