bonne-main
\bɔn.mɛ̃\
The verdict
“bonne-main” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pourboire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonne-main |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔn.mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bonne-main” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bonne-main is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔn.mɛ̃\. 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: "Pourboire.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bonne-main, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bonne-main, spelled B-O-N-N-E---M-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Pourboire.
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-main”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-N-N-E---M-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɔn.mɛ̃\ (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.