bière

\bjɛʁ\

/\bjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bière” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,761
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boisson alcoolique fabriquée à partir des parties glucidiques de végétaux et d’eau, soumise à fermentation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-biere · bière · French

bière · rank #2,761 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,761
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH billet

Nearest frequency peer: billet (-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 « bière »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bière » 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).

bière vs bir
60% similar
bière vs bre
60% similar
bière vs bite
60% similar

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

Key facts for bière
PropertyValue
Headwordbière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bjɛʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,761
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bière »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bièrese 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 « billet » (#2,760), « bâtiments » (#2,762), « big » (#2,759). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bière » est au #2,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around bière (IPA \bjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,761 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bière, with forms such as "bbière", "biere", and "birèe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bir", "bre", "bite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bière, spelled B-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boisson alcoolique fabriquée à partir des parties glucidiques de végétaux et d’eau, soumise à fermentation.
  2. 2
    Boisson fermentée à base de malt, de houblon, de levure et d’eau.
  3. 3
    Un verre, une pinte, une bouteille... de bière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’hydromel était antérieur au cidre, dont on ne fit emploi qu’assez tard en Gaule alors que la bière y était répandue depuis longtemps […]
  2. On emploie quelquefois d’autres grains ; ainsi la bière de Louvain, en Belgique, doit son goût particulier à l’avoine ; mais l’orge est le plus généralement préférée à cause de son prix peu élevé.

Synonyms

binouzebibinebrouecervoisechopeflacatounefrettemousserebicheroteusetizebinche

This word in other languages

beer(English)cerveza(Español)Bier(Deutsch)cerveja(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbière
  • biere
  • birèe
  • bièer
  • bièrre
  • bèire
  • ibère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bière - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbière1biere1birèe2bièer2bièrre1bèire2ibère2
Edit distance from "bière"

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 "bière"?
"bière" is spelled B-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bjɛʁ\.
What does "bière" mean?
As a noun, "bière" means: Boisson alcoolique fabriquée à partir des parties glucidiques de végétaux et d’eau, soumise à fermentation.
What words are commonly confused with "bière"?
"bière" is commonly confused with "bir", "bre", "bite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bière" is \bjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bière" come from?
"bière" 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 "bière", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chère#2,764auras#2,757clubs#2,765appui#2,755

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

billet7 variantsenfer7 variantsgeste7 variantsjuger7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list