BNI
The verdict
“BNI” is uncommon French (frequency #77,301 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,301
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En longe-côte, niveau réglementaire de hauteur de l’eau par rapport au corps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bni · BNI · French
BNI · rank #77,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,301
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Boggs
Nearest frequency peer: Boggs (+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 « BNI »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bluffée
bluffée
22,702 corpus weight
- BNI
BNI
22,700 corpus weight
- Boggs
Boggs
22,699 corpus weight
- bohèmes
bohèmes
22,698 corpus weight
- botulisme
botulisme
22,697 corpus weight
- bouchère
bouchère
22,696 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « BNI » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | BNI |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #77,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « BNI » en français
Rare enough to double-check
BNI is uncommon French at frequency #77,301 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En longe-côte, niveau réglementaire de hauteur de l’eau par rapport au corps.".
BNI has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is BNI, spelled B-N-I.
Definition
- 1En longe-côte, niveau réglementaire de hauteur de l’eau par rapport au corps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how BNI appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut veiller au BNI (bon niveau d’immersion), le pratiquant devant en effet avancer avec une hauteur d’eau comprise entre le nombril et les aisselles.
Les règles sont simples : marcher en gardant un BNI (bon niveau d’immersion) entre le nombril et les aisselles.
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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