bonace
\bɔ.nas\
The verdict
“bonace” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calme, tranquillité de la mer après ou avant une tempête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonace · bonace · French
bonace · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | bonace |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.nas\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bonace » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bonace is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.nas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bonace 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bonace, spelled B-O-N-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Calme, tranquillité de la mer après ou avant une tempête.
- 2Tranquillité, repos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bonace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai vu fermenter les marais énormes, nasses Où pourrit dans les joncs tout un Léviathan ! Des écroulements d’eaux au milieu des bonaces, Et les lointains vers les gouffres cataractant !
Donc, pour sauver ma vie ainsi que son honneur, Et me mettre avec elle au comble du bonheur, Je changeai d’un seul mot la tempête en bonace, Et fis ce que tout autre aurait fait en ma place.
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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.