débonnaire
\de.bɔ.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“débonnaire” is uncommon French (frequency #57,219 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,219
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bon ; gentil ; bienveillant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-debonnaire · débonnaire · French
débonnaire · rank #57,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,219
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH duraient
Nearest frequency peer: duraient (-2 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 « débonnaire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dressez
dressez
42,786 corpus weight
- drôlerie
drôlerie
42,785 corpus weight
- duraient
duraient
42,784 corpus weight
- débonnaire
débonnaire
42,782 corpus weight
- décapant
décapant
42,780 corpus weight
- décomposée
décomposée
42,778 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « débonnaire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | débonnaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.bɔ.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « débonnaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
débonnaire is uncommon French at frequency #57,219 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.bɔ.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
débonnaire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is débonnaire, spelled D-É-B-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Bon ; gentil ; bienveillant.
- 2Conciliant ; facile à vivre ; indulgent ; tolérant.
- 3Trop conciliant, d’une gentillesse qui confine à la faiblesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how débonnaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était un prince débonnaire aimé du peuple.
Le médecin obligea petit Jacques à lâcher ses fourneaux pour être valet. Il entra en cette qualité chez une vieille dame, autoritaire et hautaine avec tout le monde, seulement débonnaire avec lui, Mme Silencemoï, la veuve du fabricant de soie végétale.
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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