bonnet d’évêque
\bɔ.nɛ d‿e.vɛk\
The verdict
“bonnet d’évêque” 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chapeau quadrangulaire porté par les évêques.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonnet d’évêque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.nɛ d‿e.vɛk\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bonnet d’évêque” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bonnet d’évêque is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔ.nɛ d‿e.vɛk\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bonnet d’évêque, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bonnet d’évêque, spelled B-O-N-N-E-T- -D-’-É-V-Ê-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Chapeau quadrangulaire porté par les évêques.
- 2Nom vernaculaire du fusain d’Europe, petit arbre de la famille des Celastraceae, de nom scientifique Euonymus europaeus, nommé ainsi du fait de la forme de ses fruits.
- 3Nom vernaculaire de la fritillaire pintade, plante herbacée vivace de la famille des Liliaceae, de nom scientifique Fritillaria meleagris.
- 4Nom vernaculaire d'un piment qui est le fruit de Capsicum chinense.
- 5Nom vernaculaire dAstrophytum Myriostigma, cactus globuleux originaire du Mexique.
- 6Croupion d’une volaille.
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 d’évêque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-N-N-E-T- -D-’-É-V-Ê-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.