bible

/\bibl\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,213

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bible is aFrenchnoun. It means: Exemplaire imprimé de la Bible. Pronounced \bibl\. It ranks #4,213 in French word frequency. Often confused with blé and bie.

Key facts for bible
PropertyValue
Headwordbible
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bibl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,213
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bible in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bible is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bibl\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,213 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for bible, with forms such as "bbible", "bbile", and "bibble". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "blé", "bie", "bite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bible, spelled B-I-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exemplaire imprimé de la Bible.
  2. 2
    Ouvrage de référence et d’autorité dans un domaine donné.
  3. 3
    Document décrivant les éléments important d’une série télévisée, permettant une homogénéité du programme malgré le nombre important d’intervenants.
  4. 4
    Livret distribué gratuitement dans les théâtres contenant les informations sur la pièce.
  5. 5
    Livre de petit format.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbible,bbile,bibble,bibel,biblle,bilbe,ibble

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bible

Misspelling Variants of "bible"

bbible6bbile5bibble6bibel5biblle6bilbe5ibble5
Misspelling Variants of "bible"

Frequency rank: #4,213 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bible"?
"bible" is spelled B-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bibl\.
What does "bible" mean?
As a noun, "bible" means: Exemplaire imprimé de la Bible.
What words are commonly confused with "bible"?
"bible" is commonly confused with "blé", "bie", "bite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bible" is \bibl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bible" come from?
"bible" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.