bonnard

\bɔ.naʁ\

/\bɔ.naʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“bonnard” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,831
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sympathique, de caractère agréable, bon enfant. En parlant d’une chose : sans problème, qui se déroule bien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bonnard · bonnard · French

bonnard · rank #35,831 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,831
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boivin

Nearest frequency peer: boivin (-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 « bonnard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bonnard » 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).

bonnard vs boyard
71% similar
bonnard vs bouvard
71% similar
bonnard vs boulard
71% similar

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

Key facts for bonnard
PropertyValue
Headwordbonnard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bɔ.naʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,831
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bonnard »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bonnardse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « boivin » (#35,830), « bourbier » (#35,832), « biosphère » (#35,829). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bonnard » est au #35,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bonnard (IPA \bɔ.naʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,831 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bonnard, with forms such as "bbonnard", "bnonard", and "bonanrd". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "boyard", "bouvard", "boulard", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bonnard, spelled B-O-N-N-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sympathique, de caractère agréable, bon enfant. En parlant d’une chose : sans problème, qui se déroule bien.
  2. 2
    Crédule, dupe.
  3. 3
    Beau, bon, satisfaisant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tu verras, c’est un type bonnard et sa femme est charmante.
  2. C’était vraiment bonnard, cette soirée chez vous !

Synonyms

bonbravebonbono

This word in other languages

awesome(English)nett(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbonnard
  • bnonard
  • bonanrd
  • bonard
  • bonnadr
  • bonnardd
  • bonnarrd
  • bonnrad
  • obnnard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbonnard1bnonard2bonanrd2bonard1bonnadr2bonnardd1bonnarrd1bonnrad2
Edit distance from "bonnard"

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 "bonnard"?
"bonnard" is spelled B-O-N-N-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.naʁ\.
What does "bonnard" mean?
As an adjective, "bonnard" means: Sympathique, de caractère agréable, bon enfant. En parlant d’une chose : sans problème, qui se déroule bien.
What words are commonly confused with "bonnard"?
"bonnard" is commonly confused with "boyard", "bouvard", "boulard". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bonnard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bonnard" is \bɔ.naʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bonnard" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

biopsie#35,828Bresson#35,834battage#35,824buveurs#35,840

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

bustes9 variantsautours9 variantsAudiard9 variantsapprises9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list