bijou
[bi.ʒu]
The verdict
“bijou” is an uncommon German word, ranked #86,281 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #86,281
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Juwel; Kleinod; Schmuck; Schmucksachen; Schmuckstück, Edelstein, Kostbarkeit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bijou |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bi.ʒu] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bijou” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bijou is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bi.ʒu]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,281 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Juwel; 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.
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Using “bijou”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-I-J-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bi.ʒu] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.