bonnet carré
\bɔ.nɛ ka.ʁe\
The verdict
“bonnet carré” 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bonnet à base quadrangulaire, porté autrefois par les médecins, les professeurs, les ecclésiastiques, les juges.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonnet carré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.nɛ ka.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bonnet carré” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bonnet carré is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔ.nɛ ka.ʁe\. 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.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bonnet carré, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 bonnet carré, spelled B-O-N-N-E-T- -C-A-R-R-É.
Definition
- 1Bonnet à base quadrangulaire, porté autrefois par les médecins, les professeurs, les ecclésiastiques, les juges.
- 2Fruit du fusain d’Europe.
Synonyms
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 “bonnet carré”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-N-N-E-T- -C-A-R-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɔ.nɛ ka.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.