bonne foi
\bɔn fwa\
The verdict
“bonne foi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité ou conduite de celui qui agit, qui parle selon sa conscience, avec franchise, avec une intention droite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonne-foi · bonne foi · French
bonne foi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 foi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔn fwa\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bonne foi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bonne foi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔn fwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bonne foi has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bonne foi, spelled B-O-N-N-E- -F-O-I.
Definition
- 1Qualité ou conduite de celui qui agit, qui parle selon sa conscience, avec franchise, avec une intention droite.
- 2Conviction où est une personne qu’elle agit, qu’elle contracte légalement, ou qu’elle acquiert, qu’elle possède légitimement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bonne foi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il aima madame d'Aiglemont avec cette bonne foi de la jeunesse, avec cette ferveur qui communique aux premières passions une grâce ineffable, une candeur […] .
Rien de tel qu’une dashcam, comme la 322GW de Nextbase, pour prouver sa bonne foi lors d’un accrochage.
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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.