How to pronounce beignet

Lucky for you, the pronunciation is hardly controversial. Since the term is traditionally French, the correct way to say it is simply “BEN-yay.” Don’t worry if you mispronounce it while ordering, your server will know exactly what you want.

Beignets are a French doughnut that is made up with yeast, sweetened dough, squared cuts and then fried. Then dusted with powdered sugar. Whereas a doughnuts are different by shape and texture. Doughnuts contain more eggs compared to beignets that leave them having more air pockets in them.

Therefore, the real pronunciation of the word “beignet” is “ben-YAY.” There are also lots of pronunciation videos floating around the internet that support this. And let’s not forget, this is how my waiter at Café du Monde pronounced it too.