bobettes
\bɔ.bɛt\
The verdict
“bobettes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sous-vêtements d’homme ou petite culotte de femme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bobettes · bobettes · French
bobettes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bobettes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.bɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bobettes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bobettes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.bɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sous-vêtements d’homme ou petite culotte de femme.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bobettes, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bobettes, spelled B-O-B-E-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Sous-vêtements d’homme ou petite culotte de femme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bobettes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je constate qu’on nous incitera sous peu à trouver parfaitement normal qu’on inspecte nos bobettes à l’aérogare.
La caméra s’arrête longuement sur le corps superbe du héros mettant son chandail, dormant en bobettes, dardant sa prunelle incendiaire sur les femmes pâmées, jouant du beau biceps.
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.