bondissant

\bɔ̃.di.sɑ̃\

/\bɔ̃.di.sɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“bondissant” is uncommon French (frequency #53,165 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,165
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui bondit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bondissant · bondissant · French

bondissant · rank #53,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,165
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Blondeau

Nearest frequency peer: Blondeau (-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 « bondissant »

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 « bondissant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bondissant
PropertyValue
Headwordbondissant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bɔ̃.di.sɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,165
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bondissant » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Blondeau » (#53,164), « bouillonnement » (#53,166), « bleuet » (#53,163). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bondissant » est au #53,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bondissant is uncommon French at frequency #53,165 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bɔ̃.di.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui bondit.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bondissant in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bondissant, spelled B-O-N-D-I-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui bondit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sous un ciel fuligineux et sur une mer furieuse, un voilier démâté fuyait la tempête, donnant fortement de la bande, luttant désespérément contre l’assaut d’énormes vagues bondissantes qui se ruaient, secouant leurs crinières écumantes.
  2. Dès qu’il me voyait, il se dirigeait vers moi, le buste très raide et la démarche bondissante.

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 "bondissant"?
"bondissant" is spelled B-O-N-D-I-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ̃.di.sɑ̃\.
What does "bondissant" mean?
As an adjective, "bondissant" means: Qui bondit.
How do you pronounce "bondissant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bondissant" is \bɔ̃.di.sɑ̃\. 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 "bondissant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list