bien

[ˈbjen]

/[ˈbjen]/ adv

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The verdict

“bien” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #25,924) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#25,924
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom Menschen her positiv bewertet

Corpus desk

Index DE-bien · bien · German

bien · rank #25,924 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,924
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bewegliche

Nearest frequency peer: bewegliche (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „bien“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „bien“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bien vs BN
0% similar
bien vs bin
75% similar
bien vs big
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bien
PropertyValue
Headwordbien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ˈbjen]
Letters4
Frequency rank#25,924
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „bien“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bienliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „bewegliche“ (#25,923), „biologischer“ (#25,925), „betäubt“ (#25,922). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bien“ bei #25,924. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for bien is neighbouring look-alikes ("BN", "bin", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced [ˈbjen]. Frequency #25,924 among 5,818 “B” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for bien, with forms such as "bbien", "bienn", and "bine". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BN", "bin", "big", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is bien, spelled B-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    vom Menschen her positiv bewertet
  2. 2
    im hohen Ausmaß
  3. 3
    besser gestellt sein
  4. 4
    gefühlsmäßig positiv

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbien
  • bienn
  • bine
  • iben

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bien - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbien1bienn1bine2iben2
Edit distance from "bien"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bien"?
"bien" is spelled B-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbjen].
What does "bien" mean?
As an adverb, "bien" means: vom Menschen her positiv bewertet
What words are commonly confused with "bien"?
"bien" is commonly confused with "BN", "bin", "big". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bien" is [ˈbjen]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bien" come from?
"bien" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

disc#25,955arms#25,891door#25,962Aloe#25,882

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list