ou bedon
\u bə.dɔ̃\
The verdict
“ou bedon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Souvent par plaisanterie) Sépare des alternatives, « ou » exclusif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ou-bedon · ou bedon · French
ou bedon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | ou bedon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \u bə.dɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ou bedon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ou bedon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \u bə.dɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Souvent par plaisanterie) Sépare des alternatives, « ou » exclusif.".
ou bedon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ou bedon, spelled O-U- -B-E-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1(Souvent par plaisanterie) Sépare des alternatives, « ou » exclusif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ou bedon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après tout, on est un parti souverainiste ou bedon on ne l’est pas, faut s’assumer…
[…] donnez-nous ça ou bedon on s’en va […].
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.