bichon
\bi.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“bichon” is uncommon French (frequency #50,672 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,672
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bichon · bichon · French
bichon · rank #50,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,672
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH beuverie
Nearest frequency peer: beuverie (-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 « bichon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- benn
benn
49,332 corpus weight
- Bernhardt
Bernhardt
49,331 corpus weight
- beuverie
beuverie
49,330 corpus weight
- bichon
bichon
49,329 corpus weight
- biodégradab…
biodégradables
49,328 corpus weight
- biology
biology
49,327 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bichon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « bichon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bichon is uncommon French at frequency #50,672 among 4,251 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bichon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trois bichons la suivent en jappant.
Elle se chauffait, contente, comme une aïeule, au coin de cette cheminée de pur style Louis XVI, qui convenait à sa beauté de vieille dame indulgente. Il ne lui manquait que son bichon.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).