bonheurs

\bɔ.nœʁ\

/\bɔ.nœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bonheurs” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,853. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,853
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bonheur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bonheurs · bonheurs · French

bonheurs · rank #31,853 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,853
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boat

Nearest frequency peer: boat (-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 « bonheurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bonheurs » 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).

bonheurs vs boxeurs
75% similar
bonheurs vs bonjours
75% similar
bonheurs vs bonheur
88% similar

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

Key facts for bonheurs
PropertyValue
Headwordbonheurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ.nœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,853
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bonheurs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bonheursse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « boat » (#31,852), « bossait » (#31,854), « BMX » (#31,851). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bonheurs » est au #31,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around bonheurs (IPA \bɔ.nœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,853 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bonheur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bonheurs, with forms such as "bbonheurs", "bnoheurs", and "bohneurs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "boxeurs", "bonjours", "bonheur", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bonheurs, spelled B-O-N-H-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bonheur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Daudet porte sa maladie avec dignité, certes, mais la souffrance est usante et elle fait ressortir la désillusion des bonheurs perdus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbonheurs
  • bnoheurs
  • bohneurs
  • bonehurs
  • bonherus
  • bonheurrs
  • bonheurss
  • bonheusr
  • bonhheurs
  • bonhuers
  • bonnheurs
  • obnheurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bonheurs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbonheurs1bnoheurs2bohneurs2bonehurs2bonherus2bonheurrs1bonheurss1bonheusr2
Edit distance from "bonheurs"

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 "bonheurs"?
"bonheurs" is spelled B-O-N-H-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.nœʁ\.
What does "bonheurs" mean?
As a noun, "bonheurs" means: Pluriel de bonheur.
What words are commonly confused with "bonheurs"?
"bonheurs" is commonly confused with "boxeurs", "bonjours", "bonheur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bonheurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bonheurs" is \bɔ.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bonheurs" come from?
"bonheurs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bergerie#31,845Brittany#31,861cerisier#31,877asperges#31,827

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

brasseurs12 variantsChambly12 variantschiffrage12 variantsclavecin12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list