bonne-main
\bɔn.mɛ̃\
The verdict
“bonne-main” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pourboire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonne-main · bonne-main · French
bonne-main · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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-main |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔn.mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bonne-main » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bonne-main is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔn.mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bonne-main appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les employés du restaurant ne sont pas payés, mais avec les bonnes-mains se font d'assez jolies journées.
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.