besoins
\bə.zwɛ̃\
The verdict
“besoins” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,694. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,694
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de besoin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-besoins · besoins · French
besoins · rank #1,694 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,694
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH baisse
Nearest frequency peer: baisse (-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 « besoins »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- étrangers
étrangers
98,310 corpus weight
- arts
arts
98,309 corpus weight
- baisse
baisse
98,308 corpus weight
- besoins
besoins
98,307 corpus weight
- candidats
candidats
98,306 corpus weight
- Claude
Claude
98,305 corpus weight
What this shows « besoins » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | besoins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bə.zwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « besoins »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around besoins (IPA \bə.zwɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,694 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de besoin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for besoins, with forms such as "bbesoins", "beosins", and "besions". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "bisons", "besoin", "bassins", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is besoins, spelled B-E-S-O-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de besoin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how besoins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si l’essor du phénomène associatif (loto des pompiers, des musiciens à la Sainte-Cécile, du club du troisième âge, des parents d’élèves, des anciens combattants, des boulistes, de la paroisse, des chasseurs…) atteste de mutations sociales et favorise des ambiances particulières, il montre aussi la permanence des besoins de la communauté.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbesoins
- beosins
- besions
- besoinns
- besoinss
- besoisn
- besonis
- bessoins
- bseoins
- ebsoins
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of besoins - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).