bigamie
\bi.ɡa.mi\
The verdict
“bigamie” is uncommon French (frequency #87,374 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,374
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de celui ou de celle qui est marié avec deux personnes en même temps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bigamie · bigamie · French
bigamie · rank #87,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,374
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bimoteur
Nearest frequency peer: bimoteur (+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 « bigamie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bichonner
bichonner
12,630 corpus weight
- bigamie
bigamie
12,627 corpus weight
- bimoteur
bimoteur
12,626 corpus weight
- Birgit
Birgit
12,625 corpus weight
- bleutés
bleutés
12,624 corpus weight
- blondeur
blondeur
12,623 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bigamie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bigamie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.ɡa.mi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bigamie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bigamie is uncommon French at frequency #87,374 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.ɡa.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bigamie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bigamie, spelled B-I-G-A-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1État de celui ou de celle qui est marié avec deux personnes en même temps.
- 2État de ceux qui se sont mariés une seconde fois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bigamie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certaines pièces ont pour but d'établir l'identité des fiancés et de prévenir par là les bigamies éventuelles, comme si la menace des travaux forcés qui punissent encore chez nous cette variété rare de l'adultère, ne suffisait pas à faire réfléchir les époux trop ambitieux.
Dispense pour les ordres, à cause de la bigamie.
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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