bonne journée

\bɔn ʒuʁ.ne\

/\bɔn ʒuʁ.ne\/ intj

The verdict

“bonne journée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formule de politesse utilisée lorsqu’on quitte quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bonne-journee · bonne journée · French

bonne journée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for bonne journée
PropertyValue
Headwordbonne journée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\bɔn ʒuʁ.ne\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bonne journée » en français

bonne journéereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bonne journée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \bɔn ʒuʁ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Formule de politesse utilisée lorsqu’on quitte quelqu’un.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bonne journée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bonne journée, spelled B-O-N-N-E- -J-O-U-R-N-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Formule de politesse utilisée lorsqu’on quitte quelqu’un.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bonne journée"?
"bonne journée" is spelled B-O-N-N-E- -J-O-U-R-N-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔn ʒuʁ.ne\.
What does "bonne journée" mean?
As an interjection, "bonne journée" means: Formule de politesse utilisée lorsqu’on quitte quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "bonne journée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bonne journée" is \bɔn ʒuʁ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bonne journée" come from?
"bonne journée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list