bonobo
\bo.no.bo\
The verdict
“bonobo” is uncommon French (frequency #53,812 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,812
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de singe anthropoïde arboricole africain, moins grand que le chimpanzé commun et à la face foncée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonobo · bonobo · French
bonobo · rank #53,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,812
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH boléro
Nearest frequency peer: boléro (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « bonobo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bleuté
bleuté
46,192 corpus weight
- blush
blush
46,191 corpus weight
- boléro
boléro
46,190 corpus weight
- bonobo
bonobo
46,189 corpus weight
- boobs
boobs
46,188 corpus weight
- Boudreau
Boudreau
46,187 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bonobo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonobo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bo.no.bo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bonobo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bonobo is uncommon French at frequency #53,812 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bo.no.bo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de singe anthropoïde arboricole africain, moins grand que le chimpanzé commun et à la face foncée.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bonobo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bonobo, spelled B-O-N-O-B-O.
Definition
- 1Espèce de singe anthropoïde arboricole africain, moins grand que le chimpanzé commun et à la face foncée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bonobo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bonobo est le primate dont le génotype est le plus proche de celui de l’homme.
Vivant dans la forêt congolaise, le bonobo ou Pan paniscus est l’un des grands singes les moins connus.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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