gros bonnet
\ɡʁo bɔ.nɛ\
The verdict
“gros bonnet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage important, de par sa situation officielle, entrepreneuriale, pécuniaire ou criminelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gros-bonnet · gros bonnet · French
gros bonnet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gros bonnet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁo bɔ.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gros bonnet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁo bɔ.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gros bonnet, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 gros bonnet, spelled G-R-O-S- -B-O-N-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1Personnage important, de par sa situation officielle, entrepreneuriale, pécuniaire ou criminelle.
- 2Taille de poitrine ou de soutien-gorge supérieure à la moyenne (soit, environ à partir de 95C).
- 3gros bonnet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gros bonnet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La camaraderie qui s’établit naturellement entre leurs fils et ceux des plus gros bonnets de la ville, acheva de griser les époux.
Nous avons dû nous mettre à quatre ou cinq — et des gros bonnets — le maire en tête, quelques commandants sages et un noyau de fédérés plus rassis, pour empêcher ces cerveaux brûlés de se jeter sur le Panthéon comme sur un réac.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.