bientôt

\bjɛ̃.to\

/\bjɛ̃.to\/ adv

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The verdict

“bientôt” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#734
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans peu de temps ; incessamment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bientot · bientôt · French

bientôt · rank #734 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #734
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrêter

Nearest frequency peer: arrêter (-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 « bientôt »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bientôt » 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).

bientôt vs bento
57% similar

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

Key facts for bientôt
PropertyValue
Headwordbientôt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\bjɛ̃.to\
Letters7
Frequency rank#734
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bientôt »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bientôtse 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 « arrêter » (#733), « chemin » (#735), « annonce » (#732). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bientôt » est au #734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bientôt (IPA \bjɛ̃.to\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #734 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bientôt, with forms such as "bbientôt", "beintôt", and "bienntôt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bento", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bientôt, spelled B-I-E-N-T-Ô-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dans peu de temps ; incessamment.
  2. 2
    Peu de temps après.
  3. 3
    Vite.
  4. 4
    Avec une maturation insuffisante

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bientôt vous le recevrez.
  2. Le jeune Desherbiers avait bien supporté la fatigue des marches, il commençait même à se donner des airs en faisant résonner les molettes de ses éperons sur le pavé, en portant son bonnet de police coquettement posé sur l’oreille droite, et les Berlinoises, qui avaient remarqué sa jolie tête blonde, lui eurent bientôt appris à walser.

Synonyms

prochainement

This word in other languages

soon(English)pronto(Español)Kürze(Deutsch)brevemente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbientôt
  • beintôt
  • bienntôt
  • bientot
  • bienttô
  • bienttôt
  • bientôtt
  • bienôtt
  • bietnôt
  • binetôt
  • ibentôt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bientôt - 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.

bbientôt1beintôt2bienntôt1bientot1bienttô2bienttôt1bientôtt1bienôtt2
Edit distance from "bientôt"

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 "bientôt"?
"bientôt" is spelled B-I-E-N-T-Ô-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bjɛ̃.to\.
What does "bientôt" mean?
As an adverb, "bientôt" means: Dans peu de temps ; incessamment.
What words are commonly confused with "bientôt"?
"bientôt" is commonly confused with "bento". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bientôt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bientôt" is \bjɛ̃.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bientôt" come from?
"bientôt" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

arrêter#733annonce#732travers#730liberté#740

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Allemagne11 variantsposition11 variantsutiliser11 variantscommission11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list