bicéphale
\bi.se.fal\
The verdict
“bicéphale” is uncommon French (frequency #73,761 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,761
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a deux têtes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bicephale · bicéphale · French
bicéphale · rank #73,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,761
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bibli
Nearest frequency peer: bibli (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « bicéphale »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Belgica
Belgica
26,243 corpus weight
- benoîte
benoîte
26,242 corpus weight
- bibli
bibli
26,241 corpus weight
- bicéphale
bicéphale
26,240 corpus weight
- biennal
biennal
26,239 corpus weight
- bierre
bierre
26,238 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bicéphale » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bicéphale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bi.se.fal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bicéphale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bicéphale is uncommon French at frequency #73,761 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bi.se.fal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bicéphale in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 bicéphale, spelled B-I-C-É-P-H-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a deux têtes.
- 2Qui a deux personnes à sa tête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bicéphale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Interrogée lundi soir en marge du conseil municipal à propos du projet de dépose de l’aigle bicéphale du fronton de l’hôtel de ville, la directrice de cabinet du maire a confirmé que la statue représentant les armoiries d’Argentan (Orne) allait finalement rester à sa place.
Deux spirales enchevêtrées l’une dans l’autre et confondues sans se toucher jamais représentent très bien cette vie bicéphale qui fut la mienne.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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