binks
The verdict
“binks” is uncommon French (frequency #74,603 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,603
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quartier.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | binks |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “binks” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
binks is uncommon French at frequency #74,603 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quartier.".
binks has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is binks, spelled B-I-N-K-S.
Definition
- 1Quartier.
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.
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Using “binks”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-I-N-K-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.