bobonne

\bɔ.bɔn\

/\bɔ.bɔn\/ noun

The verdict

“bobonne” is uncommon French (frequency #86,472 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,472
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand-mère, femme âgée (mémère).

Corpus desk

Index FR-bobonne · bobonne · French

bobonne · rank #86,472 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,472
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH blâmez

Nearest frequency peer: blâmez (-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 « bobonne »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bobonne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bobonne
PropertyValue
Headwordbobonne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ.bɔn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,472
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bobonne » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bobonnetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « blâmez » (#86,471), « blaugranas » (#86,470), « blancos » (#86,469). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bobonne » est au #86,472. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bobonne is uncommon French at frequency #86,472 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.bɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bobonne, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bobonne, spelled B-O-B-O-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grand-mère, femme âgée (mémère).
  2. 2
    Bonne, servante, bonne d’enfants.
  3. 3
    Nom donné par un mari à son épouse lorsqu’il s’adresse à elle.
  4. 4
    Femme au foyer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bobonne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. … elle enlevait son chapeau, le remplaçait par un bonnet de bonne apporté sous son mantelet, dépliait un tablier blanc dissimulé de la même façon, le nouait autour de sa taille, et portant dans une serviette son chapeau de ville et le vêtement qui tout à l'heure lui couvrait les épaules, elle s’en allait trottinant, hardie, les hanches découvertes, petite…
  2. Il courut au-devant de la bobonne qui lançait des bouffées pareilles aux jets de fumée d’un bateau à vapeur. Dix minutes après il rentrait. - Elle prétend que dans son pays toutes les nourrices sèches fument la pipe.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bobonne"?
"bobonne" is spelled B-O-B-O-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.bɔn\.
What does "bobonne" mean?
As a noun, "bobonne" means: Grand-mère, femme âgée (mémère).
How do you pronounce "bobonne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bobonne" is \bɔ.bɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bobonne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bobonne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list