bichette

\bi.ʃɛt\

/\bi.ʃɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“bichette” is uncommon French (frequency #90,459 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,459
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jeune biche.

Key facts for bichette
PropertyValue
Headwordbichette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.ʃɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#90,459
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bichette” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bichette lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bichette is uncommon French at frequency #90,459 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.ʃɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bichette, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bichette, spelled B-I-C-H-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeune biche.
  2. 2
    Épuisette ou filet à long manche utilisé pour la pêche aux crevettes.
  3. 3
    Autre nom du lance-pierre.
  4. 4
    Surnom donné à une personne mettant en avant une fragilité inexistante dans le seul but d’être pris en considération.
  5. 5
    Surnom affectueux donné à une fille que l’on aime beaucoup.
  6. 6
    Surnom donné à un animal de trait que l’on apprécie.

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 "bichette"?
"bichette" is spelled B-I-C-H-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.ʃɛt\.
What does "bichette" mean?
As a noun, "bichette" means: Jeune biche.
How do you pronounce "bichette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bichette" is \bi.ʃɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bichette" come from?
"bichette" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “bichette”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-I-C-H-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bi.ʃɛt\ (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

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list