bifteck
\bif.tɛk\
The verdict
“bifteck” is uncommon French (frequency #74,600 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,600
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tranche de bœuf ou de cheval grillée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bifteck · bifteck · French
bifteck · rank #74,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,600
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bigots
Nearest frequency peer: bigots (+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 « bifteck »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- belong
belong
25,405 corpus weight
- Benveniste
Benveniste
25,403 corpus weight
- bifteck
bifteck
25,401 corpus weight
- bigots
bigots
25,400 corpus weight
- bind
bind
25,399 corpus weight
- binks
binks
25,398 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bifteck » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bifteck |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bif.tɛk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bifteck » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bifteck is uncommon French at frequency #74,600 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bif.tɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bifteck, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bifteck, spelled B-I-F-T-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1Tranche de bœuf ou de cheval grillée.
- 2La nourriture quotidienne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bifteck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Allez me chercher, lui dit Léo, des biftecks, un pâté, du fromage, un gâteau et deux bouteilles de Moulin-à-vent.
Petite et misérable gargote de la rue Sainte-Geneviève où je me nourrissais jadis si mal […], je ne vous oublie pas, […], ni vous cinquième étage de Montmartre où sur le papillon du gaz de l'escalier je rôtissais un bifteck sans épaisseur.
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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