bontés

\bɔ̃.te\

/\bɔ̃.te\/ noun

The verdict

“bontés” is uncommon French (frequency #79,101 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,101
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bonté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bontes · bontés · French

bontés · rank #79,101 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,101
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH boostez

Nearest frequency peer: boostez (+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 « bontés »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bontés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bontés
PropertyValue
Headwordbontés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ̃.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#79,101
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bontés » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bontéstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « boostez » (#79,102), « bombardées » (#79,099), « bordeau » (#79,103). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bontés » est au #79,101. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bontés is uncommon French at frequency #79,101 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de bonté.".

bontés has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bontés, spelled B-O-N-T-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bonté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how bontés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je n’ai que vous au monde, répondit-il d’une voix troublée, et votre compassion est trop religieuse, pour que je la perde jamais, car jamais je ne démériterai vos bontés.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bontés"?
"bontés" is spelled B-O-N-T-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ̃.te\.
What does "bontés" mean?
As a noun, "bontés" means: Pluriel de bonté.
How do you pronounce "bontés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bontés" is \bɔ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bontés" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bontés", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list