belief
\bəˈliːf\
The verdict
“belief” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du prétérit de belaufen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belief |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bəˈliːf\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “belief” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for belief is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bəˈliːf\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
belief has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is belief, spelled B-E-L-I-E-F.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du prétérit de belaufen.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du prétérit de belaufen.
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.
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Using “belief”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-E-L-I-E-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.