retiens bien
The verdict
“retiens bien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propension morale à ne pas abuser ou profiter indûment d'une situation, vergogne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retiens bien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retiens bien” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
retiens bien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propension morale à ne pas abuser ou profiter indûment d'une situation, vergogne.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for retiens bien, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 retiens bien, spelled R-E-T-I-E-N-S- -B-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Propension morale à ne pas abuser ou profiter indûment d'une situation, vergogne.
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 “retiens bien”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-T-I-E-N-S- -B-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.