bon Dieu de merde
\bɔ̃ djø də mɛʁd\
The verdict
“bon Dieu de merde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juron.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bon-dieu-de-merde · bon Dieu de merde · French
bon Dieu de merde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | bon Dieu de merde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \bɔ̃ djø də mɛʁd\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bon Dieu de merde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bon Dieu de merde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \bɔ̃ djø də mɛʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juron.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bon Dieu de merde in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bon Dieu de merde, spelled B-O-N- -D-I-E-U- -D-E- -M-E-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Juron.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bon Dieu de merde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lendemain après-midi, bon Dieu de merde, ce foutu pot de colle est apparu de nouveau dans mon rétroviseur !
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.