bonhomme de neige
\bɔ.nɔm də nɛʒ\
The verdict
“bonhomme de neige” 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
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Statue humanoïde faite de neige.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonhomme de neige |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.nɔm də nɛʒ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bonhomme de neige” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bonhomme de neige is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔ.nɔm də nɛʒ\. 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: "Statue humanoïde faite de neige.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bonhomme de neige, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bonhomme de neige, spelled B-O-N-H-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -N-E-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1Statue humanoïde faite de neige.
This word in other languages
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Using “bonhomme de neige”
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- -D-E- -N-E-I-G-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.