bicyclette

\bi.si.klɛt\

/\bi.si.klɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“bicyclette” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,082. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,082
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Véhicule muni de deux roues, propulsé à la seule force des muscles à l’aide d’un pédalier relié à la roue arrière au moyen d’une chaîne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bicyclette · bicyclette · French

bicyclette · rank #17,082 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #17,082
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH beautiful

Nearest frequency peer: beautiful (-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 « bicyclette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bicyclette » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bicyclette vs bicyclettes
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bicyclette
PropertyValue
Headwordbicyclette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.si.klɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,082
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bicyclette »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bicyclettese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « beautiful » (#17,081), « bienveillant » (#17,083), « baril » (#17,080). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bicyclette » est au #17,082. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around bicyclette (IPA \bi.si.klɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,082 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for bicyclette, with forms such as "bbicyclette", "bciyclette", and "biccyclette". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bicyclettes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 bicyclette, spelled B-I-C-Y-C-L-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Véhicule muni de deux roues, propulsé à la seule force des muscles à l’aide d’un pédalier relié à la roue arrière au moyen d’une chaîne.
  2. 2
    Tir de volée en extension, tête en bas et dos au but, où l’impulsion et le tir sont réalisés avec la même jambe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Si, un jour, j’ai une fille, je la mettrai dès dix ans sur une bicyclette, pour lui apprendre à se conduire dans la vie.
  2. — Ce qui fait la beauté de la bicyclette, c’est sa sincérité. Elle ne cache rien, ses mouvements sont apparents, l’effort chez elle se voit et se comprend, elle proclame son but, elle dit qu’elle veut aller vite, silencieusement et légèrement.

Synonyms

bécanebécyquebexonbicloubiclounepetite reinevélochalacaciseauxretourné acrobatique

This word in other languages

bicycle(English)bicicleta(Español)Fahrrad(Deutsch)bicicleta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbicyclette
  • bciyclette
  • biccyclette
  • biccylette
  • bicycclette
  • bicyceltte
  • bicyclete
  • bicycletet
  • bicycllette
  • bicycltete
  • bicylcette
  • bicyyclette
  • biycclette
  • ibcyclette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bicyclette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbicyclette1bciyclette2biccyclette1biccylette2bicycclette1bicyceltte2bicyclete1bicycletet2
Edit distance from "bicyclette"

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 "bicyclette"?
"bicyclette" is spelled B-I-C-Y-C-L-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.si.klɛt\.
What does "bicyclette" mean?
As a noun, "bicyclette" means: Véhicule muni de deux roues, propulsé à la seule force des muscles à l’aide d’un pédalier relié à la roue arrière au moyen d’une chaîne.
What words are commonly confused with "bicyclette"?
"bicyclette" is commonly confused with "bicyclettes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bicyclette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bicyclette" is \bi.si.klɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bicyclette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list