bonne-femme
\bɔn.fam\
The verdict
“bonne-femme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De grand-mère, fait par une bonne femme, nourrissant, savoureux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonne-femme · bonne-femme · French
bonne-femme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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-femme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bɔn.fam\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bonne-femme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bɔn.fam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De grand-mère, fait par une bonne femme, nourrissant, savoureux.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bonne-femme, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bonne-femme, spelled B-O-N-N-E---F-E-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1De grand-mère, fait par une bonne femme, nourrissant, savoureux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bonne-femme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rôti de porc bonne-femme.
Sauce bonne-femme.
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.