bacillaire
\ba.si.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“bacillaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la forme d’un bâtonnet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bacillaire · bacillaire · French
bacillaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | bacillaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ba.si.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bacillaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bacillaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ba.si.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bacillaire in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 French form is bacillaire, spelled B-A-C-I-L-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a la forme d’un bâtonnet.
- 2Qui a rapport aux bacilles.
- 3Atteint de la tuberculose, et susceptible de la propager.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bacillaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contribution à l'étude de la diarrhée blanche bacillaire des poussins.
This word in other languages
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.