daphné bois-gentil
\daf.ne.bwa.ʒɑ̃.ti\
The verdict
“daphné bois-gentil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire du bois-gentil (Daphne mezereum), arbrisseau caduc du genre Daphne (Thyméléacées), à floraison très précoce de fleurs roses parfumées apparaissant avant ou en même temps que les fe...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daphné bois-gentil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \daf.ne.bwa.ʒɑ̃.ti\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “daphné bois-gentil” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
daphné bois-gentil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \daf.ne.bwa.ʒɑ̃.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom vernaculaire du bois-gentil (Daphne mezereum), arbrisseau caduc du genre Daphne (Thyméléacées), à floraison très précoce de fleurs roses parfumées apparaissant avant ou en même temps que les fe...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for daphné bois-gentil, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is daphné bois-gentil, spelled D-A-P-H-N-É- -B-O-I-S---G-E-N-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire du bois-gentil (Daphne mezereum), arbrisseau caduc du genre Daphne (Thyméléacées), à floraison très précoce de fleurs roses parfumées apparaissant avant ou en même temps que les feuilles, et portant ensuite des baies rouges ; plante très toxique.
Synonyms
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 “daphné bois-gentil”
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- The one correct French spelling is D-A-P-H-N-É- -B-O-I-S---G-E-N-T-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \daf.ne.bwa.ʒɑ̃.ti\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.