bidoche

\bi.dɔʃ\

/\bi.dɔʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bidoche” is uncommon French (frequency #94,531 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,531
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viande, souvent de mauvaise qualité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bidoche · bidoche · French

bidoche · rank #94,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,531
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bimbos

Nearest frequency peer: bimbos (+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 « bidoche »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bidoche » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bidoche
PropertyValue
Headwordbidoche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.dɔʃ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,531
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bidoche » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bidochetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bimbos » (#94,532), « bipolarisation » (#94,533), « Berenice » (#94,528). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bidoche » est au #94,531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bidoche is uncommon French at frequency #94,531 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.dɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for bidoche in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bidoche, spelled B-I-D-O-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Viande, souvent de mauvaise qualité.
  2. 2
    Chair. Corps humain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces saloperies-là m’ont encore boulotté ma bidoche. Attends, que je réappâte.
  2. Il était tard, près de 6 heures, et il n’aurait pas faim pour la bidoche bouillie de l’instituteur, mais il s’en moquait, gavé de sucreries, et d’autres douceurs encore jusqu’à l’écœurement.

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 "bidoche"?
"bidoche" is spelled B-I-D-O-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.dɔʃ\.
What does "bidoche" mean?
As a noun, "bidoche" means: Viande, souvent de mauvaise qualité.
How do you pronounce "bidoche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bidoche" is \bi.dɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bidoche" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bavardé#94,517Bormann#94,545bornées#94,546basmati#94,514

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list