rire de bon cœur

\ʁiʁ də bɔ̃ kœʁ\

/\ʁiʁ də bɔ̃ kœʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“rire de bon cœur” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rire franchement, sans arrière-pensée.

Key facts for rire de bon cœur
PropertyValue
Headwordrire de bon cœur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁiʁ də bɔ̃ kœʁ\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rire de bon cœur” sits in French frequency

rire de bon cœur falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rire de bon cœur is 16 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁiʁ də bɔ̃ kœʁ\. 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: "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

  1. 1
    Rire franchement, sans arrière-pensée.

This word in other languages

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rire de bon cœur"?
"rire de bon cœur" is spelled R-I-R-E- -D-E- -B-O-N- -C-Œ-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁiʁ də bɔ̃ kœʁ\.
What does "rire de bon cœur" mean?
As a verb, "rire de bon cœur" means: Rire franchement, sans arrière-pensée.
How do you pronounce "rire de bon cœur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rire de bon cœur" is \ʁiʁ də bɔ̃ kœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rire de bon cœur" come from?
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Using “rire de bon cœur”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-I-R-E- -D-E- -B-O-N- -C-Œ-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁiʁ də bɔ̃ kœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list