bonne fortune
\bɔn fɔʁ.tyn\
The verdict
“bonne fortune” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avantage inattendu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonne fortune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔn fɔʁ.tyn\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bonne fortune” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bonne fortune is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔn fɔʁ.tyn\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bonne fortune, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bonne fortune, spelled B-O-N-N-E- -F-O-R-T-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Avantage inattendu.
- 2Faveurs d’une 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.
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Using “bonne fortune”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-N-N-E- -F-O-R-T-U-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɔn fɔʁ.tyn\ (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.