bonbon

\bɔ̃.bɔ̃\

/\bɔ̃.bɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“bonbon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,614
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sucrerie, friandise faite avec du sucre. Dans le langage des enfants, ce mot désigne toute sorte de friandise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bonbon · bonbon · French

bonbon · rank #14,614 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,614
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH berges

Nearest frequency peer: berges (-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 « bonbon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bonbon » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bonbon vs Bonn
50% similar
bonbon vs bono
67% similar
bonbon vs boon
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bonbon
PropertyValue
Headwordbonbon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ̃.bɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,614
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bonbon »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « berges » (#14,613), « bordelais » (#14,615), « bazar » (#14,612). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bonbon » est au #14,614. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bonbon (IPA \bɔ̃.bɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,614 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bonbon, with forms such as "bbonbon", "bnobon", and "bobnon". 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. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Bonn", "bono", "boon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bonbon, spelled B-O-N-B-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sucrerie, friandise faite avec du sucre. Dans le langage des enfants, ce mot désigne toute sorte de friandise.
  2. 2
    Sucrerie, friandise faite avec du sucre. Dans le langage des enfants, ce mot désigne toute sorte de friandise.
  3. 3
    Vulve.
  4. 4
    Testicules.
  5. 5
    Jeune éléphant de mer ^([1]).
  6. 6
    Taureau peu dangereux, sans grande agressivité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s’avouait parfaitement qu’il n’avait pu résister à l’envie d’acheter des bonbons, dans l’intention de lier connaissance avec cette petite fille dont la grâce étrange le captivait si invinciblement […]
  2. Tout y était : […], des Marie peintes avec le vert glacé des angéliques et les roses acidulés des bonbons anglais ; […].

Synonyms

confiseriesucreriechiquebabosasucettetoro pastueño

This word in other languages

bonbon(English)caramelo(Español)Bonbon(Deutsch)bombom(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbonbon
  • bnobon
  • bobnon
  • bonbbon
  • bonbno
  • bonbonn
  • bonnbon
  • bonobn
  • obnbon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bonbon - 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.

bbonbon1bnobon2bobnon2bonbbon1bonbno2bonbonn1bonnbon1bonobn2
Edit distance from "bonbon"

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 "bonbon"?
"bonbon" is spelled B-O-N-B-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ̃.bɔ̃\.
What does "bonbon" mean?
As a noun, "bonbon" means: Sucrerie, friandise faite avec du sucre. Dans le langage des enfants, ce mot désigne toute sorte de friandise.
What words are commonly confused with "bonbon"?
"bonbon" is commonly confused with "Bonn", "bono", "boon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bonbon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bonbon" is \bɔ̃.bɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bonbon" come from?
"bonbon" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

berges#14,613Alstom#14,598Alaska#14,596étaler#14,584

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

capteur9 variantsClaudia9 variantsClaudio9 variantscoffres9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list