bled d’Espagne
The verdict
“bled d’Espagne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de maïs, Zea mays.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bled-d-espagne · bled d’Espagne · French
bled d’Espagne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bled d’Espagne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bled d’Espagne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de maïs, Zea mays.".
bled d’Espagne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bled d’Espagne, spelled B-L-E-D- -D-’-E-S-P-A-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de maïs, Zea mays.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bled d’Espagne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Maïs ou Bled de Turquie, qu’on appelle bled d’Espagne dans les provinces méridionales de la France.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.