bicarbonate
\bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat\
The verdict
“bicarbonate” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #26,985 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,985
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sel qui contient deux fois plus d’acide carbonique que le carbonate neutre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bicarbonate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #26,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bicarbonate” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bicarbonate is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,985 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for bicarbonate, with forms such as "bbicarbonate", "bciarbonate", and "biacrbonate". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 bicarbonate, spelled B-I-C-A-R-B-O-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sel qui contient deux fois plus d’acide carbonique que le carbonate neutre.
- 2Bicarbonate de sodium, « de sodium » étant sous-entendu compte-tenu du contexte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbicarbonate,bciarbonate,biacrbonate,bicabronate,bicarbbonate,bicarbnoate,bicarboante,bicarbonaet,bicarbonatte,bicarbonnate,bicarbontae,bicarobnate,bicarrbonate,biccarbonate,bicrabonate,ibcarbonate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bicarbonate - 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 “bicarbonate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-I-C-A-R-B-O-N-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.