bonne d’enfants
\bɔn d‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\
The verdict
“bonne d’enfants” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de baby-sitter ou nounou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonne-d-enfants · bonne d’enfants · French
bonne d’enfants · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | bonne d’enfants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔn d‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bonne d’enfants » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bonne d’enfants is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔn d‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de baby-sitter ou nounou.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bonne d’enfants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bonne d’enfants, spelled B-O-N-N-E- -D-’-E-N-F-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de baby-sitter ou nounou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bonne d’enfants appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Prenez vos places, bonnes d’enfants et soldats… Vous allez assister au spectacle le plus sensationnel, lance-t-elle de toutes ses forces.
Il s’indigne qu’une fille pauvre choisisse de se faire couvrir par un amant de passage, souvent de connivence avec sa propre mère, dans l’espoir de coiffer dans dix ou onze mois le bonnet enrubanné des nourrices et de trouver chez des riches une bonne place qu’elle gardera peut-être des années, si, plus tard, de nourrice elle est promue bonne d’enfants.
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.