blanc comme neige

/\blɑ̃ kɔm nɛʒ\/ adj

Letters

17 characters

Language

French

word origin

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blanc comme neige is anFrenchadj. It means: D'une parfaite blancheur. Pronounced \blɑ̃ kɔm nɛʒ\.

Key facts for blanc comme neige
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Headwordblanc comme neige
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\blɑ̃ kɔm nɛʒ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

blanc comme neige is not present in the top-100,000 ranked French corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for blanc comme neige is 17 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \blɑ̃ kɔm nɛʒ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for blanc comme neige in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is blanc comme neige, spelled B-L-A-N-C- -C-O-M-M-E- -N-E-I-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    D'une parfaite blancheur.
  2. 2
    Parfaitement innocent.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blanc comme neige"?
"blanc comme neige" is spelled B-L-A-N-C- -C-O-M-M-E- -N-E-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blɑ̃ kɔm nɛʒ\.
What does "blanc comme neige" mean?
As an adj, "blanc comme neige" means: D'une parfaite blancheur.
How do you pronounce "blanc comme neige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blanc comme neige" is \blɑ̃ kɔm nɛʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blanc comme neige" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.