bonbonne
\bɔ̃.bɔn\
The verdict
“bonbonne” is uncommon French (frequency #64,976 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,976
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand récipient pour les liquides, les gaz.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonbonne · bonbonne · French
bonbonne · rank #64,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,976
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bonneterie
Nearest frequency peer: bonneterie (+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 « bonbonne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- BNC
BNC
35,028 corpus weight
- bocquet
bocquet
35,027 corpus weight
- bonbonne
bonbonne
35,025 corpus weight
- bonneterie
bonneterie
35,024 corpus weight
- bordage
bordage
35,023 corpus weight
- bort
bort
35,022 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bonbonne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonbonne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ̃.bɔn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bonbonne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bonbonne is uncommon French at frequency #64,976 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃.bɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bonbonne in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bonbonne, spelled B-O-N-B-O-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Grand récipient pour les liquides, les gaz.
- 2Emballage contenant une substance illicite, généralement de la drogue, destiné à être transporté dans l’appareil digestif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bonbonne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une bonbonne d'eau.
Parmi les colis de sa pacotille se trouve une bonbonne renfermant environ trente livres de la dangereuse substance.
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.
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