bonne-femme
\bɔn.fam\
The verdict
“bonne-femme” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De grand-mère, fait par une bonne femme, nourrissant, savoureux.
| 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) |
Where “bonne-femme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bonne-femme is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔn.fam\. 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: "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.
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.
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Using “bonne-femme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-N-N-E---F-E-M-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɔn.fam\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.