BNI
The verdict
“BNI” is uncommon French (frequency #77,301 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,301
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En longe-côte, niveau réglementaire de hauteur de l’eau par rapport au corps.
| 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) |
Where “BNI” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
BNI is uncommon French at frequency #77,301 among 227,490 “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.
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 “BNI”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-N-I - 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.