bactérienne

\bak.te.ʁjɛn\

/\bak.te.ʁjɛn\/ adj

The verdict

“bactérienne” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,238
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de bactérien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bacterienne · bactérienne · French

bactérienne · rank #29,238 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #29,238
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH aviser

Nearest frequency peer: aviser (-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 « bactérienne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bactérienne » 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).

bactérienne vs bactériennes
92% similar

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

Key facts for bactérienne
PropertyValue
Headwordbactérienne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bak.te.ʁjɛn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#29,238
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bactérienne »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bactériennese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aviser » (#29,237), « bagatelle » (#29,239), « avi » (#29,236). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bactérienne » est au #29,238. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around bactérienne (IPA \bak.te.ʁjɛn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,238 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de bactérien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for bactérienne, with forms such as "abctérienne", "bacctérienne", and "bacterienne". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bactériennes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bactérienne, spelled B-A-C-T-É-R-I-E-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de bactérien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La plus à craindre, à en croire l’expert, est la leptospirose. Aussi surnommée « maladie de l’égoutier » pour sa faculté à se répandre dans les milieux humides, cette maladie bactérienne est bien connue des éboueurs et est transmise à l’homme par des mammifères.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abctérienne
  • bacctérienne
  • bacterienne
  • bactréienne
  • bacttérienne
  • bactéirenne
  • bactéreinne
  • bactériene
  • bactérienen
  • bactérinene
  • bactérrienne
  • bacétrienne
  • batcérienne
  • bbactérienne
  • bcatérienne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bactérienne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abctérienne2bacctérienne1bacterienne1bactréienne2bacttérienne1bactéirenne2bactéreinne2bactériene1
Edit distance from "bactérienne"

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 "bactérienne"?
"bactérienne" is spelled B-A-C-T-É-R-I-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bak.te.ʁjɛn\.
What does "bactérienne" mean?
As an adjective, "bactérienne" means: Féminin singulier de bactérien.
What words are commonly confused with "bactérienne"?
"bactérienne" is commonly confused with "bactériennes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bactérienne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bactérienne" is \bak.te.ʁjɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bactérienne" come from?
"bactérienne" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list