believe
\bɪˈliv\
The verdict
“believe” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,565. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,565
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Croire.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | believe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bɪˈliv\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “believe” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around believe (IPA \bɪˈliv\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,565 among 227,490 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Croire.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for believe, with forms such as "bbelieve", "beileve", and "beleive". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Belize", "Bellevue", "bélier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is believe, spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-E.
Definition
- 1Croire.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbelieve
- beileve
- beleive
- belieev
- believve
- belivee
- bellieve
- bleieve
- eblieve
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of believe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “believe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-E-L-I-E-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɪˈliv\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Belize” - see the side-by-side comparison. believe vs Belize
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.