bitume
/bɪˈtjuːm/
"bitume" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bitume” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bitumen
Corpus desk
Index EN-bitume · bitume · English
bitume · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bitume |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɪˈtjuːm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bitume” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bitume is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɪˈtjuːm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bitumen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bitume, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French bitume. Doublet of bitumen. The correct English form is bitume, spelled B-I-T-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1bitumen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bitume appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Make thee an arke of timber planke: cabinets ſhalt thou make in the arke, and ſhalt pitch it within, and without with bitume.
Etymology
From Middle French bitume. Doublet of bitumen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.