betise

Questions about betise

What does betise mean?

betise means "a stupid mistake".

How many syllables are in betise?

betise has 2 syllables: be-tise. The stress falls on "be".

What is another word for betise?

Close synonyms include stupidity, folly, foolishness, imbecility. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is betise a common word?

betise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.