binks

noun

The verdict

“binks” is uncommon French (frequency #74,603 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,603
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quartier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-binks · binks · French

binks · rank #74,603 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,603
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bind

Nearest frequency peer: bind (-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 « binks »

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 « binks » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for binks
PropertyValue
Headwordbinks
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#74,603
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « binks » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bind » (#74,602), « bipèdes » (#74,604), « bigots » (#74,601). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « binks » est au #74,603. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

binks is uncommon French at frequency #74,603 among 4,251 “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

  1. 1
    Quartier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le quartier, le charbon, les travaux / Ça bosse dur pour changer le train de vie / Ça commence tôt ça finit tard gros / Ah c'est le binks

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 "binks"?
"binks" is spelled B-I-N-K-S.
What does "binks" mean?
As a noun, "binks" means: Quartier.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list