bonnet d’évêque
\bɔ.nɛ d‿e.vɛk\
The verdict
“bonnet d’évêque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chapeau quadrangulaire porté par les évêques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonnet-d-eveque · bonnet d’évêque · French
bonnet d’évêque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | 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) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bonnet d’évêque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.nɛ d‿e.vɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bonnet d’évêque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Brusquement, il donna un dernier coup ; l’arrière-train de la bête se sépara et se tint debout, le croupion en l’air : c’était le bonnet d’évêque.
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.