bibliothèque
\bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\
The verdict
“bibliothèque” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,069 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,069
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Salle où sont conservés des livres, revues, dictionnaires, etc.
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 | bibliothèque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #2,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bibliothèque” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bibliothèque is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,069 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for bibliothèque, with forms such as "bbibliothèque", "bbiliothèque", and "bibbliothèque". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bibliothèques", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bibliothèque, spelled B-I-B-L-I-O-T-H-È-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Salle où sont conservés des livres, revues, dictionnaires, etc.
- 2Établissement où sont conservés des livres, revues, dictionnaires, etc., souvent ouvert au public et offrant la possibilité d’emprunter des ouvrages gratuitement.
- 3Collection organisée de livres.
- 4Meuble ou étagères spécialement destiné à ranger des livres.
- 5Administration en charge de la diffusion, conservation, documentation, préservation, restauration et de la mise en valeur du patrimoine livresque et bibliophilique.
- 6Traités contenant des extraits de différents auteurs ou le catalogue des livres qu’ils ont composés. Recueils où sont réunis des ouvrages de même nature ou traitant des sujets semblables.
- 7Ensemble homogène de sous-programmes utilisés sur un système informatique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbibliothèque,bbiliothèque,bibbliothèque,bibilothèque,bibliohtèque,bibliotheque,bibliothhèque,bibliothqèue,bibliothèqeu,bibliothèqque,bibliothèuqe,bibliotthèque,bibliotèhque,biblitohèque,biblliothèque,bibloithèque,bilbiothèque,ibbliothèque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bibliothèque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “bibliothèque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-I-B-L-I-O-T-H-È-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bibliothèques” - see the side-by-side comparison. bibliothèque vs bibliothèques
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.