rire de bon cœur
\ʁiʁ də bɔ̃ kœʁ\
The verdict
“rire de bon cœur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rire franchement, sans arrière-pensée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rire-de-bon-c-ur · rire de bon cœur · French
rire de bon cœur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rire de bon cœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁiʁ də bɔ̃ kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rire de bon cœur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rire de bon cœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁiʁ də bɔ̃ kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rire franchement, sans arrière-pensée.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rire de bon cœur, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 rire de bon cœur, spelled R-I-R-E- -D-E- -B-O-N- -C-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Rire franchement, sans arrière-pensée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rire de bon cœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand une jeune fille... ou un campagnard ignorant des manières de la ville s’expriment en toute franchise, leur innocence et leur simplicité... font rire de bon cœur ceux qui sont déjà exercés et avertis. Non pas un rire moqueur et méprisant…, mais un rire bienveillant et affectueux
«Le virus a peur de moi!», a ricané Eliette Rioux-St-Gelais sous les yeux de son fils de Jean-Marc, 73 ans, qui riait de bon coeur devant l'humour de sa mère.
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.