bonasse
\bɔ.nas\
The verdict
“bonasse” is uncommon French (frequency #90,476 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,476
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est simple, sans malice et de peu d’esprit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonasse · bonasse · French
bonasse · rank #90,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,476
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bordait
Nearest frequency peer: bordait (+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 « bonasse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Boch
Boch
9,530 corpus weight
- bodo
bodo
9,528 corpus weight
- boing
boing
9,527 corpus weight
- bonasse
bonasse
9,525 corpus weight
- bordait
bordait
9,524 corpus weight
- botton
botton
9,521 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bonasse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bɔ.nas\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bonasse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bonasse is uncommon French at frequency #90,476 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bɔ.nas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bonasse has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 bonasse, spelled B-O-N-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est simple, sans malice et de peu d’esprit.
- 2Qualifie un aspect, un air, des manières simples et sans apprêt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bonasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est si bonasse que vous lui ferez croire tout ce que vous voudrez.
Le mari, un gros bonasse, ayant fait la noce jadis et s’étant laissé entraîner à des spéculations malheureuses, était un peu cause de leur précaire situation du moment.
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.
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