biennal
\bi.ɛ.nal\
The verdict
“biennal” is uncommon French (frequency #73,762 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,762
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui dure deux ans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-biennal · biennal · French
biennal · rank #73,762 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,762
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bicéphale
Nearest frequency peer: bicéphale (-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 « biennal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- benoîte
benoîte
26,242 corpus weight
- bibli
bibli
26,241 corpus weight
- bicéphale
bicéphale
26,240 corpus weight
- biennal
biennal
26,239 corpus weight
- bierre
bierre
26,238 corpus weight
- bijouteries
bijouteries
26,237 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « biennal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | biennal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bi.ɛ.nal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « biennal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
biennal is uncommon French at frequency #73,762 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bi.ɛ.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for biennal, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is biennal, spelled B-I-E-N-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui dure deux ans.
- 2Qui se répartit ou s’étend sur deux années.
- 3Qui se produit tous les deux ans.
- 4Qualifie une rotation culturale qui se fait sur 2 ans, et l'assolement qui en découle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how biennal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les assemblées générales ou particulières, ils n’auront ni plus de voix, ni plus grande prérogative que les six autres directeurs biennaux, avec qui ils doivent s‘accorder à la pluralité des voix sur les dernières décisions faites , et tâcher de les mettre à exécution.
L'examen des quantiles biennaux et décennaux, effectué jusqu'à présent, nous a permis de comparer les résultats de la « journalisation » de SHYPRE par rapport aux résultats d'un ajustement des distributions de pluies observées.
Synonyms
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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