bondissant
\bɔ̃.di.sɑ̃\
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
- bleuet
bleuet
46,838 corpus weight
- Blondeau
Blondeau
46,837 corpus weight
- bondissant
bondissant
46,836 corpus weight
- bouillonnem…
bouillonnement
46,835 corpus weight
- bouledogue
bouledogue
46,834 corpus weight
- boulimique
boulimique
46,833 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bondissant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bondissant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bɔ̃.di.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bondissant » en français
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
- 1Qui bondit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bondissant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.
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