bichon
\bi.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“bichon” is uncommon French (frequency #50,672 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,672
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit chien de compagnie, au nez court, aux oreilles tombantes, à queue recourbée sur le dos, et au poil long, soyeux, bouclé et ondoyant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bichon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bichon” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bichon is uncommon French at frequency #50,672 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bichon in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bichon, spelled B-I-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Petit chien de compagnie, au nez court, aux oreilles tombantes, à queue recourbée sur le dos, et au poil long, soyeux, bouclé et ondoyant.
- 2Se dit affectueusement d’un enfant ou à un enfant.
- 3Coussinet de velours utilisé pour redonner du lustre aux chapeaux haut-de-forme
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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Using “bichon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-I-C-H-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.