Bonaparte

\bɔ.na.paʁt\

/\bɔ.na.paʁt\/ name

The verdict

“Bonaparte” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,437. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,437
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, surtout célèbre pour Napoléon Bonaparte et sa famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bonaparte · Bonaparte · French

Bonaparte · rank #9,437 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,437
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bienfaits

Nearest frequency peer: bienfaits (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bonaparte »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Bonaparte » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bonaparte
PropertyValue
HeadwordBonaparte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\bɔ.na.paʁt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,437
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bonaparte »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Bonapartese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bienfaits » (#9,436), « brevets » (#9,438), « Bercy » (#9,435). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bonaparte » est au #9,437. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Bonaparte (IPA \bɔ.na.paʁt\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,437 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille, surtout célèbre pour Napoléon Bonaparte et sa famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bonaparte, with forms such as "bbonaparte", "bnoaparte", and "boanparte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Bonaparte, spelled B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille, surtout célèbre pour Napoléon Bonaparte et sa famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bonaparte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il ne tiendra qu’à toi de parvenir et d’avoir un palais à Paris, dit Bonaparte qui toisait son compatriote.
  2. Le 15 mai 1796, le général Bonaparte fit son entrée dans Milan à la tête de cette jeune armée qui venait de passer le pont de Lodi, et d’apprendre au monde qu’après tant de siècles César et Alexandre avaient un successeur.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbonaparte
  • bnoaparte
  • boanparte
  • bonaaprte
  • bonaparet
  • bonaparrte
  • bonapartte
  • bonapatre
  • bonapparte
  • bonaprate
  • bonnaparte
  • bonpaarte
  • obnaparte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bonaparte - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbonaparte1bnoaparte2boanparte2bonaaprte2bonaparet2bonaparrte1bonapartte1bonapatre2
Edit distance from "Bonaparte"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bonaparte"?
"Bonaparte" is spelled B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.na.paʁt\.
What does "Bonaparte" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bonaparte" means: Nom de famille, surtout célèbre pour Napoléon Bonaparte et sa famille.
What are common misspellings of "Bonaparte"?
Common misspellings include "bbonaparte", "bnoaparte", "boanparte", "bonaaprte", "bonaparet". The correct spelling is "Bonaparte".
How do you pronounce "Bonaparte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bonaparte" is \bɔ.na.paʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bonaparte" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bonaparte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list