bonhomme allumette
\bɔ.nɔm a.ly.mɛt\
The verdict
“bonhomme allumette” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dessin représentant très sommairement un être humain avec des traits simples pour le tronc, les bras et les jambes, et un simple cercle vide pour la tête.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonhomme allumette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.nɔm a.ly.mɛt\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bonhomme allumette” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bonhomme allumette is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔ.nɔm a.ly.mɛt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dessin représentant très sommairement un être humain avec des traits simples pour le tronc, les bras et les jambes, et un simple cercle vide pour la tête.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bonhomme allumette, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 bonhomme allumette, spelled B-O-N-H-O-M-M-E- -A-L-L-U-M-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Dessin représentant très sommairement un être humain avec des traits simples pour le tronc, les bras et les jambes, et un simple cercle vide pour la tête.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bonhomme allumette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-N-H-O-M-M-E- -A-L-L-U-M-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.