bonapartiste

\bɔ.na.paʁ.tist\

/\bɔ.na.paʁ.tist\/ adj

The verdict

“bonapartiste” is uncommon French (frequency #55,782 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,782
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’organisation politique dictatoriale mise en place par Napoléon Bonaparte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bonapartiste · bonapartiste · French

bonapartiste · rank #55,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,782
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boive

Nearest frequency peer: boive (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bonapartiste »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bonapartiste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bonapartiste
PropertyValue
Headwordbonapartiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bɔ.na.paʁ.tist\
Letters12
Frequency rank#55,782
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bonapartiste » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bonapartistetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « boive » (#55,781), « bonifier » (#55,783), « boiteuse » (#55,780). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bonapartiste » est au #55,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bonapartiste is uncommon French at frequency #55,782 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bɔ.na.paʁ.tist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à l’organisation politique dictatoriale mise en place par Napoléon Bonaparte.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bonapartiste in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bonapartiste, spelled B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à l’organisation politique dictatoriale mise en place par Napoléon Bonaparte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dire que la France ne peut plus enfanter de braves soldats ni de bons citoyens, parce qu’elle a été bonapartiste, c’est un blasphème. Elle a proclamé la république à Paris avec un enthousiasme immense, elle l’a acceptée en province avec une loyauté unanime.
  2. Cette fin de l’année 1871 ne fut signalée que par la propagande des partis ; un grand nombre des brochures bonapartistes et légitimistes se distribuèrent en province.

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); 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 "bonapartiste"?
"bonapartiste" is spelled B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.na.paʁ.tist\.
What does "bonapartiste" mean?
As an adjective, "bonapartiste" means: Relatif à l’organisation politique dictatoriale mise en place par Napoléon Bonaparte.
How do you pronounce "bonapartiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bonapartiste" is \bɔ.na.paʁ.tist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list