bien vouloir
\bjɛ̃.vu.lwɑʁ\
The verdict
“bien vouloir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accepter avec plaisir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bien-vouloir · bien vouloir · French
bien vouloir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 vouloir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bjɛ̃.vu.lwɑʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bien vouloir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bien vouloir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bjɛ̃.vu.lwɑʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bien vouloir has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bien vouloir, spelled B-I-E-N- -V-O-U-L-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Accepter avec plaisir.
- 2Daigner faire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bien vouloir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je voudrais bien qu’il fît fortune et ne menât pas sa vie de Paris…
Querguelen, solitaire à ce bord, aurait bien voulu s’amateloter avec Le Karec, qu’il pensait Ouessantin comme lui.
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.