bonne sainte Anne
\bɔn sɛ̃‿t‿ɑːn\
The verdict
“bonne sainte Anne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expression qui exprime la surprise ou l’émotion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonne-sainte-anne · bonne sainte Anne · French
bonne sainte Anne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 sainte Anne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \bɔn sɛ̃‿t‿ɑːn\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bonne sainte Anne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \bɔn sɛ̃‿t‿ɑːn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expression qui exprime la surprise ou l’émotion.".
bonne sainte Anne has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bonne sainte Anne, spelled B-O-N-N-E- -S-A-I-N-T-E- -A-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Expression qui exprime la surprise ou l’émotion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bonne sainte Anne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bonne sainte Anne ! qu’y’en a donc de la saloperie icitte !
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.