bierre
\bjɛʁ\
The verdict
“bierre” is uncommon French (frequency #73,763 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,763
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Graphie ancienne de bière, la boisson.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bierre · bierre · French
bierre · rank #73,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,763
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH biennal
Nearest frequency peer: biennal (-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 « bierre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- blache
blache
26,235 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bierre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bierre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bierre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bierre is uncommon French at frequency #73,763 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Graphie ancienne de bière, la boisson.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bierre in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bierre, spelled B-I-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Graphie ancienne de bière, la boisson.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bierre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'avois mélangé de l'alcool de bierre avec partie égale d'eau.
Les Islandais brassent de la bierre qui est assez bonne, mais ils n'en font point un usage journalier.
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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