bébés

\be.be\

/\be.be\/ noun

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The verdict

“bébés” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,109. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,109
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bébé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bebes · bébés · French

bébés · rank #5,109 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,109
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brown

Nearest frequency peer: brown (-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 « bébés »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bébés » 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).

bébés vs bee
20% similar
bébés vs been
20% similar
bébés vs beer
20% similar

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

Key facts for bébés
PropertyValue
Headwordbébés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\be.be\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,109
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bébés »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bébésse 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 « brown » (#5,108), « Cameroun » (#5,110), « bouteilles » (#5,107). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bébés » est au #5,109. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bébés (IPA \be.be\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,109 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bébé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bébés, with forms such as "bbébés", "bbéés", and "bebes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bee", "been", "beer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bébés, spelled B-É-B-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bébé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un chercheur américain, Rob Li, a su capter au meilleur des moments ce duel au soleil entre les deux bébés, dans les îles San Juan, à Seattle (États-Unis).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbébés
  • bbéés
  • bebes
  • bébbés
  • bébsé
  • bébéss
  • béébs
  • ébbés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bébés - 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.

bbébés1bbéés2bebes2bébbés1bébsé2bébéss1béébs2ébbés2
Edit distance from "bébés"

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 "bébés"?
"bébés" is spelled B-É-B-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \be.be\.
What does "bébés" mean?
As a noun, "bébés" means: Pluriel de bébé.
What words are commonly confused with "bébés"?
"bébés" is commonly confused with "bee", "been", "beer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bébés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bébés" is \be.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bébés" come from?
"bébés" 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 "bébés", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brown#5,108anglo#5,102évite#5,096stock#5,079

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Amazon8 variantsabsolu8 variantsgarage8 variantshélas8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list