SBF
\ɛs.be.ɛf\
The verdict
“SBF” is uncommon French (frequency #92,171 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,171
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux femmes concernées par le syndrome de Benjamin, c’est-à-dire aux femmes trans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sbf · SBF · French
SBF · rank #92,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,171
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sauterais
Nearest frequency peer: sauterais (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « SBF »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sarkozysme
sarkozysme
7,834 corpus weight
- sauterais
sauterais
7,831 corpus weight
- SBF
SBF
7,830 corpus weight
- scare
scare
7,829 corpus weight
- schiele
schiele
7,828 corpus weight
- schwob
schwob
7,827 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « SBF » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | SBF |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛs.be.ɛf\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #92,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « SBF » en français
Rare enough to double-check
SBF is uncommon French at frequency #92,171 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛs.be.ɛf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux femmes concernées par le syndrome de Benjamin, c’est-à-dire aux femmes trans.".
Zero misspellings are on record for SBF in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is SBF, spelled S-B-F.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux femmes concernées par le syndrome de Benjamin, c’est-à-dire aux femmes trans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how SBF appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plusieurs personnes SBF changent d'attirance affective et sexuelle au cours de leur parcours.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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