bactériens

\bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\

/\bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“bactériens” is uncommon French (frequency #79,076 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,076
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-bacteriens · bactériens · French

bactériens · rank #79,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,076
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bache

Nearest frequency peer: Bache (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « bactériens »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bactériens » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bactériens
PropertyValue
Headwordbactériens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,076
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bactériens » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bactérienstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Bache » (#79,075), « bafouent » (#79,077), « babs » (#79,074). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bactériens » est au #79,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bactériens is uncommon French at frequency #79,076 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de bactérien.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bactériens in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bactériens, spelled B-A-C-T-É-R-I-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de bactérien.

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 "bactériens"?
"bactériens" is spelled B-A-C-T-É-R-I-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\.
What does "bactériens" mean?
As an adjective, "bactériens" means: Masculin pluriel de bactérien.
How do you pronounce "bactériens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bactériens" is \bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bactériens" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list