bienfaisance

\bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃s\

/\bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“bienfaisance” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,059. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,059
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inclination à faire du bien aux autres, pratique des bienfaits.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bienfaisance · bienfaisance · French

bienfaisance · rank #20,059 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,059
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Belkacem

Nearest frequency peer: Belkacem (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bienfaisance »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bienfaisance » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bienfaisance
PropertyValue
Headwordbienfaisance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃s\
Letters12
Frequency rank#20,059
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bienfaisance »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bienfaisancese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Belkacem » (#20,058), « biennale » (#20,060), « bear » (#20,057). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bienfaisance » est au #20,059. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around bienfaisance (IPA \bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,059 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for bienfaisance, with forms such as "bbienfaisance", "beinfaisance", and "biefnaisance". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bienfaisance, spelled B-I-E-N-F-A-I-S-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inclination à faire du bien aux autres, pratique des bienfaits.
  2. 2
    Bien que l’on fait dans un intérêt social.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La bienfaisance fut sa plus belle vertu. Acte de bienfaisance. Une bienfaisance éclairée, active. Il n’eut point à se repentir de sa bienfaisance envers eux.
  2. Le riche, quand il s'associe à une œuvre de bienfaisance, ne donne souvent que son superflu. Le pauvre donne ce dont il a lui-même besoin, et ne craint pas de souffrir pour apaiser une souffrance.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbienfaisance
  • beinfaisance
  • biefnaisance
  • bienafisance
  • bienfaiasnce
  • bienfaisacne
  • bienfaisancce
  • bienfaisanec
  • bienfaisannce
  • bienfaisnace
  • bienfaissance
  • bienfasiance
  • bienffaisance
  • bienfiasance
  • biennfaisance
  • binefaisance
  • ibenfaisance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bienfaisance - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbienfaisance1beinfaisance2biefnaisance2bienafisance2bienfaiasnce2bienfaisacne2bienfaisancce1bienfaisanec2
Edit distance from "bienfaisance"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bienfaisance"?
"bienfaisance" is spelled B-I-E-N-F-A-I-S-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃s\.
What does "bienfaisance" mean?
As a noun, "bienfaisance" means: Inclination à faire du bien aux autres, pratique des bienfaits.
What are common misspellings of "bienfaisance"?
Common misspellings include "bbienfaisance", "beinfaisance", "biefnaisance", "bienafisance", "bienfaiasnce". The correct spelling is "bienfaisance".
How do you pronounce "bienfaisance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bienfaisance" is \bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bienfaisance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bienfaisance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list