bonze
\bɔ̃z\
The verdict
“bonze” is uncommon French (frequency #68,859 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,859
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enseignant religieux bouddhique, prêtre bouddhique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bonze · bonze · French
bonze · rank #68,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,859
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bolchevik
Nearest frequency peer: bolchevik (-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 « bonze »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Bohm
Bohm
31,145 corpus weight
- boirai
boirai
31,144 corpus weight
- bolchevik
bolchevik
31,143 corpus weight
- bonze
bonze
31,142 corpus weight
- Bouet
Bouet
31,141 corpus weight
- Bouna
Bouna
31,140 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bonze » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bonze |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ̃z\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bonze » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bonze is uncommon French at frequency #68,859 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃z\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bonze doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bonze, spelled B-O-N-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Enseignant religieux bouddhique, prêtre bouddhique.
- 2Dirigeant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bonze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous nous tordions dans les coins à blaguer tous ces vieux birbes qui exécutaient avec un sérieux de bonzes les choses les plus cocasses.
Il arrive même que certaine dame dont le mari est un bonze du régime, téléphone à Biermann, le suppliant de ne pas faire de chanson sur son mari…
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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