bon vent
\bɔ̃ vɑ̃\
The verdict
“bon vent” 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) - Vent qui porte directement le navire vers le point où l’on veut aller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bon-vent · bon vent · French
bon vent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 vent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ̃ vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bon vent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bon vent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃ vɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bon vent in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 vent, spelled B-O-N- -V-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Vent qui porte directement le navire vers le point où l’on veut aller.
- 2Circonstances favorables, ne s’utilise guère que dans l’expression « quel bon vent vous amène ? »
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.