homme de bien
\ɔm də bjɛ̃\
The verdict
“homme de bien” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Homme d’une véritable vertu, dont la conduite est conforme à la morale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homme de bien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔm də bjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “homme de bien” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for homme de bien is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔm də bjɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Homme d’une véritable vertu, dont la conduite est conforme à la morale.".
homme de bien doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is homme de bien, spelled H-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -B-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Homme d’une véritable vertu, dont la conduite est conforme à la morale.
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 “homme de bien”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-M-M-E- -D-E- -B-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔm də bjɛ̃\ (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.