bien-fondé
\bjɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\
The verdict
“bien-fondé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Justesse, conformité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bien-fonde · bien-fondé · French
bien-fondé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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-fondé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bjɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bien-fondé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bien-fondé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bjɛ̃.fɔ̃.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Justesse, conformité.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bien-fondé, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bien-fondé, spelled B-I-E-N---F-O-N-D-É.
Definition
- 1Justesse, conformité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bien-fondé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. Briand reconnut le bien-fondé de ma demande.
S’il y parvient, même partiellement, il fera la démonstration du bien-fondé de cette realpolitik, à laquelle tout autre à sa place se serait également résolu.
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.