bicarbonate

\bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat\

/\bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat\/ noun

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The verdict

“bicarbonate” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,985
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sel qui contient deux fois plus d’acide carbonique que le carbonate neutre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bicarbonate · bicarbonate · French

bicarbonate · rank #26,985 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,985
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bethléem

Nearest frequency peer: Bethléem (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bicarbonate »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bicarbonate » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bicarbonate
PropertyValue
Headwordbicarbonate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat\
Letters11
Frequency rank#26,985
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bicarbonate »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bicarbonatese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Bethléem » (#26,984), « bios » (#26,986), « berthe » (#26,983). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bicarbonate » est au #26,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around bicarbonate (IPA \bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,985 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Sel qui contient deux fois plus d’acide carbonique que le carbonate neutre.
  2. 2
    Bicarbonate de sodium, « de sodium » étant sous-entendu compte-tenu du contexte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bicarbonate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À la fin du XIXᵉ siècle, la liqueur de Fowler, solution d'arsenic dans du bicarbonate de potassium, occupe une place de choix comme tonique, une indication qui n'est plus réservée aujourd'hui qu'aux chevaux.
  2. Est-ce que tu as du bicarbonate ? J’ai mal à l’estomac.

This word in other languages

bicarbonate(English)

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.

bbicarbonate1bciarbonate2biacrbonate2bicabronate2bicarbbonate1bicarbnoate2bicarboante2bicarbonaet2
Edit distance from "bicarbonate"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bicarbonate"?
"bicarbonate" is spelled B-I-C-A-R-B-O-N-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat\.
What does "bicarbonate" mean?
As a noun, "bicarbonate" means: Sel qui contient deux fois plus d’acide carbonique que le carbonate neutre.
What are common misspellings of "bicarbonate"?
Common misspellings include "bbicarbonate", "bciarbonate", "biacrbonate", "bicabronate", "bicarbbonate". The correct spelling is "bicarbonate".
How do you pronounce "bicarbonate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bicarbonate" is \bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bicarbonate" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bicarbonate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

centralisée#26,997atténuation#26,966conseillent#27,018entendaient#27,051

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

recommandés16 variantsMonténégro16 variantspréoccupent16 variantsphysionomie16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list