bienfaisant

\bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃\

/\bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“bienfaisant” is uncommon French (frequency #72,116 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,116
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime à faire du bien aux autres et qui en fait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bienfaisant · bienfaisant · French

bienfaisant · rank #72,116 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,116
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Biard

Nearest frequency peer: Biard (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bienfaisant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bienfaisant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bienfaisant
PropertyValue
Headwordbienfaisant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,116
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bienfaisant » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bienfaisanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Biard » (#72,115), « BFR » (#72,114), « blessants » (#72,118). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bienfaisant » est au #72,116. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bienfaisant is uncommon French at frequency #72,116 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bienfaisant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bienfaisant, spelled B-I-E-N-F-A-I-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui aime à faire du bien aux autres et qui en fait.
  2. 2
    Ce dont l’action ou l’influence est utile, salutaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Là où il avait d'abord éprouvé un trouble intense, douloureux, il commençait à apercevoir des trésors de paix bienfaisante et de féconde mélancolie.
  2. Ce feu bienfaisant des poêles, qui relevait la température, ranimait en même temps le moral de ces pauvres gens.

Antonyms

malfaisant

This word in other languages

beneficial(English)bienhechor(Español)wohltätig(Deutsch)

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 "bienfaisant"?
"bienfaisant" is spelled B-I-E-N-F-A-I-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃\.
What does "bienfaisant" mean?
As an adjective, "bienfaisant" means: Qui aime à faire du bien aux autres et qui en fait.
How do you pronounce "bienfaisant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bienfaisant" is \bjɛ̃.fə.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list