Bigeard

\bi.ʒaʁ\

/\bi.ʒaʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Bigeard” is uncommon French (frequency #88,385 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,385
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille attesté en France.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bigeard · Bigeard · French

Bigeard · rank #88,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,385
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bibine

Nearest frequency peer: bibine (-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 « Bigeard »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bigeard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bigeard
PropertyValue
HeadwordBigeard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\bi.ʒaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#88,385
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Bigeard » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Bigeardtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bibine » (#88,384), « bikes » (#88,386), « berti » (#88,383). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bigeard » est au #88,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bigeard is uncommon French at frequency #88,385 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bi.ʒaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille attesté en France.".

Bigeard has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Bigeard, spelled B-I-G-E-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille attesté en France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En 1920, le Championnat du Canton nord-est d’Angers est créé à l’initiative de Prosper Bigeard, maire en activité de Pellouailles-les-Vignes, dans le Maine-et-Loire.

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 "Bigeard"?
"Bigeard" is spelled B-I-G-E-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.ʒaʁ\.
What does "Bigeard" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bigeard" means: Nom de famille attesté en France.
How do you pronounce "Bigeard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bigeard" is \bi.ʒaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bigeard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list