bois gentil
\bwa ʒɑ̃.ti\
The verdict
“bois gentil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un des noms usuels de Daphne mezereum.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bois gentil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bwa ʒɑ̃.ti\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bois gentil” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bois gentil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bwa ʒɑ̃.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un des noms usuels de Daphne mezereum.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bois gentil, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bois gentil, spelled B-O-I-S- -G-E-N-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1Un des noms usuels de Daphne mezereum.
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.
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Using “bois gentil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-I-S- -G-E-N-T-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bwa ʒɑ̃.ti\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.