bombance
\bɔ̃.bɑ̃s\
The verdict
“bombance” 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) - Bonne chère abondamment servie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bombance · bombance · French
bombance · 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 | bombance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ̃.bɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bombance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bombance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃.bɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bonne chère abondamment servie.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bombance in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bombance, spelled B-O-M-B-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Bonne chère abondamment servie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bombance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
c’était là que Florent et Gavard venaient faire des bombances avec ces deux salopes de Méhudin ; au dessert, il se passait des choses abominables.
Toujours très longs, les dîners que donnait ce bon vieux prêtre ; souvent même, c’étaient des bombances méridionales auxquelles plusieurs des notables de la région étaient conviés. Dix ou quinze plats se succédaient, accompagnés des fruits les plus dorés, les plus beaux, et des vins les plus choisis parmi ceux que la contrée produisait si abondamment en c…
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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.