bibliothèque

/\bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,069

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

bibliothèque is aFrenchnoun. It means: Salle où sont conservés des livres, revues, dictionnaires, etc. Pronounced \bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\. It ranks #2,069 in French word frequency. Often confused with bibliothèques.

Key facts for bibliothèque
PropertyValue
Headwordbibliothèque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\
Letters12
Frequency rank#2,069
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bibliothèque is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for bibliothèque, with forms such as "bbibliothèque", "bbiliothèque", and "bibbliothèque". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bibliothèques", 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 bibliothèque, spelled B-I-B-L-I-O-T-H-È-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salle où sont conservés des livres, revues, dictionnaires, etc.
  2. 2
    Établissement où sont conservés des livres, revues, dictionnaires, etc., souvent ouvert au public et offrant la possibilité d’emprunter des ouvrages gratuitement.
  3. 3
    Collection organisée de livres.
  4. 4
    Meuble ou étagères spécialement destiné à ranger des livres.
  5. 5
    Administration en charge de la diffusion, conservation, documentation, préservation, restauration et de la mise en valeur du patrimoine livresque et bibliophilique.
  6. 6
    Traités 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.
  7. 7
    Ensemble homogène de sous-programmes utilisés sur un système informatique.

Synonyms

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bibliothèque

Misspelling Variants of "bibliothèque"

bbibliothèque13bbiliothèque12bibbliothèque13bibilothèque12bibliohtèque12bibliotheque12bibliothhèque13bibliothqèue12
Misspelling Variants of "bibliothèque"

Frequency rank: #2,069 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bibliothèque"?
"bibliothèque" is spelled B-I-B-L-I-O-T-H-È-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\.
What does "bibliothèque" mean?
As a noun, "bibliothèque" means: Salle où sont conservés des livres, revues, dictionnaires, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "bibliothèque"?
"bibliothèque" is commonly confused with "bibliothèques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bibliothèque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bibliothèque" is \bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bibliothèque" come from?
"bibliothèque" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.