bijou

[bi.ʒu]

/[bi.ʒu]/ noun

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The verdict

“bijou” is uncommon German (frequency #86,281 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,281
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juwel; Kleinod; Schmuck; Schmucksachen; Schmuckstück, Edelstein, Kostbarkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-bijou · bijou · German

bijou · rank #86,281 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,281
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bildausschnitt

Nearest frequency peer: Bildausschnitt (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „bijou“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bijou“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bijou
PropertyValue
Headwordbijou
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bi.ʒu]
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,281
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bijou“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bijoufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bildausschnitt“ (#86,282), „bildungspolitische“ (#86,283), „Binnenmarktes“ (#86,284). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bijou“ bei #86,281. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bijou is uncommon German at frequency #86,281 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bi.ʒu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juwel; Kleinod; Schmuck; Schmucksachen; Schmuckstück, Edelstein, Kostbarkeit".

Zero misspellings are on record for bijou in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is bijou, spelled B-I-J-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Juwel; Kleinod; Schmuck; Schmucksachen; Schmuckstück, Edelstein, Kostbarkeit

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 "bijou"?
"bijou" is spelled B-I-J-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is [bi.ʒu].
What does "bijou" mean?
As a noun, "bijou" means: Juwel; Kleinod; Schmuck; Schmucksachen; Schmuckstück, Edelstein, Kostbarkeit
How do you pronounce "bijou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bijou" is [bi.ʒu]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bijou" come from?
"bijou" 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 "bijou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bojen#86,292braue#86,298bunga#86,309began#86,251

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list