année bissextile

\a.ne bi.sɛks.til\

/\a.ne bi.sɛks.til\/ noun

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The verdict

“année bissextile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Année qui comporte 366 jours au lieu de 365 habituellement dans le calendrier grégorien ou dans le calendrier julien, le jour ajouté étant le 29 février.

Key facts for année bissextile
PropertyValue
Headwordannée bissextile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ne bi.sɛks.til\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “année bissextile” sits in French frequency

année bissextile falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

année bissextile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ne bi.sɛks.til\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Année qui comporte 366 jours au lieu de 365 habituellement dans le calendrier grégorien ou dans le calendrier julien, le jour ajouté étant le 29 février.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for année bissextile, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is année bissextile, spelled A-N-N-É-E- -B-I-S-S-E-X-T-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Année qui comporte 366 jours au lieu de 365 habituellement dans le calendrier grégorien ou dans le calendrier julien, le jour ajouté étant le 29 février.

Antonyms

année commune

This word in other languages

leap year(English)bisiesto(Español)Schaltjahr(Deutsch)ano bissexto(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "année bissextile"?
"année bissextile" is spelled A-N-N-É-E- -B-I-S-S-E-X-T-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ne bi.sɛks.til\.
What does "année bissextile" mean?
As a noun, "année bissextile" means: Année qui comporte 366 jours au lieu de 365 habituellement dans le calendrier grégorien ou dans le calendrier julien, le jour ajouté étant le 29 février.
How do you pronounce "année bissextile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "année bissextile" is \a.ne bi.sɛks.til\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "année bissextile" come from?
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Using “année bissextile”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-N-N-É-E- -B-I-S-S-E-X-T-I-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.ne bi.sɛks.til\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list