bib
\bib\
The verdict
“bib” is uncommon French (frequency #51,306 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,306
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Biberon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bib · bib · French
bib · rank #51,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,306
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH berceaux
Nearest frequency peer: berceaux (-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 « bib »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Baupin
Baupin
48,698 corpus weight
- belly
belly
48,697 corpus weight
- berceaux
berceaux
48,696 corpus weight
- bib
bib
48,695 corpus weight
- bienveillan…
bienveillantes
48,694 corpus weight
- bijoutiers
bijoutiers
48,693 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bib » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bib |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bib\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bib » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bib is uncommon French at frequency #51,306 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bib\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Biberon.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bib in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists 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 bib, spelled B-I-B.
Definition
- 1Biberon.
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 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).