bonhomme de sable
\bɔ.nɔm də sabl\
The verdict
“bonhomme de sable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage mythique versant du sable sur les yeux des enfants pour les endormir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonhomme-de-sable · bonhomme de sable · French
bonhomme de sable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonhomme de sable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.nɔm də sabl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bonhomme de sable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bonhomme de sable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.nɔm də sabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personnage mythique versant du sable sur les yeux des enfants pour les endormir.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bonhomme de sable, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bonhomme de sable, spelled B-O-N-H-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -S-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Personnage mythique versant du sable sur les yeux des enfants pour les endormir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bonhomme de sable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– C’est l’heure du bonhomme de sable. Mickaël, donne-moi deux baisers de plus que d’habitude.
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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.