bon marché
\bɔ̃ maʁ.ʃe\
The verdict
“bon marché” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dont le prix, à l’instar de la valeur, est faible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bon marché |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bɔ̃ maʁ.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bon marché” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bon marché is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔ̃ maʁ.ʃe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bon marché, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bon marché, spelled B-O-N- -M-A-R-C-H-É.
Definition
- 1Dont le prix, à l’instar de la valeur, est faible.
- 2Dont le prix n’est pas élevé par rapport à sa valeur.
This word in other languages
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 “bon marché”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-N- -M-A-R-C-H-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɔ̃ maʁ.ʃe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.