bon chic bon genre
\bɔ̃ ʃik bɔ̃ ʒɑ̃ʁ\
The verdict
“bon chic bon genre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De bon goût, bourgeois.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bon chic bon genre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bɔ̃ ʃik bɔ̃ ʒɑ̃ʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bon chic bon genre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bon chic bon genre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bɔ̃ ʃik bɔ̃ ʒɑ̃ʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De bon goût, bourgeois.".
bon chic bon genre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 bon chic bon genre, spelled B-O-N- -C-H-I-C- -B-O-N- -G-E-N-R-E.
Definition
- 1De bon goût, bourgeois.
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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- The one correct French spelling is B-O-N- -C-H-I-C- -B-O-N- -G-E-N-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.