became
\bɪˈkeɪm\
The verdict
“became” is uncommon French (frequency #89,440 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,440
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prétérit du verbe become.
Corpus desk
Index FR-became · became · French
became · rank #89,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,440
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Belhadj
Nearest frequency peer: Belhadj (+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 « became »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bavardes
bavardes
10,566 corpus weight
- Bavay
Bavay
10,565 corpus weight
- became
became
10,561 corpus weight
- Belhadj
Belhadj
10,560 corpus weight
- Belmonte
Belmonte
10,558 corpus weight
- belvédères
belvédères
10,557 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « became » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | became |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bɪˈkeɪm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « became » en français
Rare enough to double-check
became is uncommon French at frequency #89,440 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \bɪˈkeɪm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prétérit du verbe become.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for became, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is became, spelled B-E-C-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Prétérit du verbe become.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).