bachelier

\ba.ʃə.lje\

/\ba.ʃə.lje\/ noun

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The verdict

“bachelier” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,973. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,973
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élève diplômé au baccalauréat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bachelier · bachelier · French

bachelier · rank #26,973 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,973
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH aw

Nearest frequency peer: aw (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bachelier »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bachelier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

bachelier vs bachelor
78% similar
bachelier vs bacheliers
90% similar
bachelier vs Bachelet
67% similar

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

Key facts for bachelier
PropertyValue
Headwordbachelier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ʃə.lje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,973
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bachelier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bachelierse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aw » (#26,972), « bae » (#26,974), « aviron » (#26,971). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bachelier » est au #26,973. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around bachelier (IPA \ba.ʃə.lje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,973 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for bachelier, with forms such as "abchelier", "bacchelier", and "bacehlier". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bachelor", "bacheliers", "Bachelet", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bachelier, spelled B-A-C-H-E-L-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élève diplômé au baccalauréat.
  2. 2
    Diplôme de l’enseignement supérieur universitaire sanctionnant la réussite d’un premier cycle.
  3. 3
    Jeune homme n’ayant pas reçu de fief ; gentilhomme qui n’était pas encore chevalier et qui était au service d’un autre pour apprendre le métier des armes.
  4. 4
    Jeune garçon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bachelier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Art. 5. Les élèves qui auront terminé leurs cours d’études pourront se présenter à l’examen de l’Université pour obtenir le grade de bachelier ès lettres. Ce grade leur sera conféré gratuitement.
  2. Aussitôt que j’eus achevé mes études, mes parents jugèrent utile de me faire comparoir devant une table habillée de drap vert et surmontée de bustes de vieux messieurs qui s’inquiétèrent de savoir si j’avais appris assez de langue morte pour être promu au grade de bachelier.

This word in other languages

Abiturient(Deutsch)bacharel(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abchelier
  • bacchelier
  • bacehlier
  • bacheiler
  • bacheleir
  • bachelierr
  • bachelire
  • bachellier
  • bachhelier
  • bachleier
  • bahcelier
  • bbachelier
  • bcahelier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bachelier - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abchelier2bacchelier1bacehlier2bacheiler2bacheleir2bachelierr1bachelire2bachellier1
Edit distance from "bachelier"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bachelier"?
"bachelier" is spelled B-A-C-H-E-L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʃə.lje\.
What does "bachelier" mean?
As a noun, "bachelier" means: Élève diplômé au baccalauréat.
What words are commonly confused with "bachelier"?
"bachelier" is commonly confused with "bachelor", "bacheliers", "Bachelet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bachelier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bachelier" is \ba.ʃə.lje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bachelier" come from?
"bachelier" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

belvédère#26,979antillais#26,958aisselles#26,952canaliser#26,994

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Bethléem13 variantsappartiens13 variantschangerai13 variantsévolutive13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list