biathlète

\bi.a.tlɛt\

/\bi.a.tlɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“biathlète” is uncommon French (frequency #79,985 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,985
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sportif pratiquant le biathlon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-biathlete · biathlète · French

biathlète · rank #79,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,985
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH beys

Nearest frequency peer: beys (-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 « biathlète »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « biathlète » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for biathlète
PropertyValue
Headwordbiathlète
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.a.tlɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,985
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « biathlète » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.biathlètetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « beys » (#79,984), « Bingen » (#79,986), « Betts » (#79,983). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « biathlète » est au #79,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

biathlète is uncommon French at frequency #79,985 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.a.tlɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sportif pratiquant le biathlon.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for biathlète in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is biathlète, spelled B-I-A-T-H-L-È-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sportif pratiquant le biathlon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Artiste mais aussi perfectionniste, le Catalan regrettait cette maladresse inhabituelle au tir qui étonnait même ses rivaux tels Bergman, qualifiant le Français "d’un biathlète très spécial tant sur les skis qu’au tir".
  2. La biathlète française Julia Simon a triomphé sur une mass-start de haute volée à Ruhpolding (Allemagne), dimanche, face à sa rivale italienne Lisa Vittozi et une autre Française, Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet.

Synonyms

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 "biathlète"?
"biathlète" is spelled B-I-A-T-H-L-È-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.a.tlɛt\.
What does "biathlète" mean?
As a noun, "biathlète" means: Sportif pratiquant le biathlon.
How do you pronounce "biathlète"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "biathlète" is \bi.a.tlɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "biathlète" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "biathlète", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list