bienvenue

\bjɛ̃.və.ny\

/\bjɛ̃.və.ny\/ intj

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The verdict

“bienvenue” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,505
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formule de bienveillance ou de civilité dont on se sert à l’égard d’une personne qui arrive.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bienvenue · bienvenue · French

bienvenue · rank #2,505 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,505
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH avantages

Nearest frequency peer: avantages (-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 « bienvenue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bienvenue » 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).

bienvenue vs bienvenus
89% similar
bienvenue vs bienvenues
90% similar
bienvenue vs bienvenu
89% similar

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

Key facts for bienvenue
PropertyValue
Headwordbienvenue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\bjɛ̃.və.ny\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,505
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bienvenue »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bienvenuese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « avantages » (#2,504), « avancer » (#2,503), « catholique » (#2,507). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bienvenue » est au #2,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around bienvenue (IPA \bjɛ̃.və.ny\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #2,505 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bienvenue, with forms such as "bbienvenue", "beinvenue", and "bienevnue". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bienvenus", "bienvenues", "bienvenu", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bienvenue, spelled B-I-E-N-V-E-N-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Formule de bienveillance ou de civilité dont on se sert à l’égard d’une personne qui arrive.
  2. 2
    (Calque de l’anglais welcome) Formule de réponse à un remerciement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lorsque tous les nouveaux membres eurent bu, Bendix leva le calice pour porter un toast. — Ils ont goûté au Feu de l’Illumination ! Bienvenue parmi les Péithologiens, nouveaux Poètes et Aventuriers !
  2. Nadia commença d’abord à entendre, en boucle, un son qui disait : « Bienvenue aux nouveaux venus ! Bienvenue aux nouveaux venus !... », entrecoupé de messages incompréhensibles.

Synonyms

bonne arrivéede rien

This word in other languages

welcome(English)bienvenido(Español)willkommen(Deutsch)bem-vindo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbienvenue
  • beinvenue
  • bienevnue
  • biennvenue
  • bienveneu
  • bienvennue
  • bienveune
  • bienvneue
  • bienvvenue
  • bievnenue
  • binevenue
  • ibenvenue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbienvenue1beinvenue2bienevnue2biennvenue1bienveneu2bienvennue1bienveune2bienvneue2
Edit distance from "bienvenue"

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 "bienvenue"?
"bienvenue" is spelled B-I-E-N-V-E-N-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bjɛ̃.və.ny\.
What does "bienvenue" mean?
As an interjection, "bienvenue" means: Formule de bienveillance ou de civilité dont on se sert à l’égard d’une personne qui arrive.
What words are commonly confused with "bienvenue"?
"bienvenue" is commonly confused with "bienvenus", "bienvenues", "bienvenu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bienvenue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bienvenue" is \bjɛ̃.və.ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bienvenue" come from?
"bienvenue" 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 "bienvenue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

avantages#2,504champions#2,508actualité#2,500chrétiens#2,510

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

agréable12 variantsendroits12 variantsinstaller12 variantsmarchés12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list