bibendum
\bi.bɛ̃.dɔm\
The verdict
“bibendum” is uncommon French (frequency #79,090 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,090
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obèse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bibendum · bibendum · French
bibendum · rank #79,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,090
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH BHNS
Nearest frequency peer: BHNS (-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 « bibendum »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- beata
beata
20,915 corpus weight
- BHNS
BHNS
20,912 corpus weight
- bibendum
bibendum
20,911 corpus weight
- bicolores
bicolores
20,910 corpus weight
- biko
biko
20,909 corpus weight
- biodiesel
biodiesel
20,908 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bibendum » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bibendum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.bɛ̃.dɔm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bibendum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bibendum is uncommon French at frequency #79,090 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.bɛ̃.dɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obèse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bibendum in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bibendum, spelled B-I-B-E-N-D-U-M.
Definition
- 1Obèse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bibendum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’autre, cinq ans à peine, est tout rond, un vrai bibendum, avec une figure réjouie et deux bons yeux confiants et rieurs.
Je ne sais pas si mon frère […] se sentait également dévalorisé par ces :« Regarde-moi ce pacha, ce bibendum, ce gros-lard, ce paquet de couennes, ce gras-double, ou bien gros plein de soupe », lui qui, garçonnet bien rond et « amuseur public », cachait peut-être bien une peine sous ses mics-macs de clown, masquait peut-être bien une overdose de compromis…
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).