bigger

\ˈbɪɡ.ə\

/\ˈbɪɡ.ə\/ adj

The verdict

“bigger” is uncommon French (frequency #78,183 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,183
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comparatif de big.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bigger · bigger · French

bigger · rank #78,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,183
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bigarré

Nearest frequency peer: bigarré (-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 « bigger »

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 « bigger » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bigger
PropertyValue
Headwordbigger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈbɪɡ.ə\
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,183
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bigger » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.biggertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bigarré » (#78,182), « bigre » (#78,184), « biométhane » (#78,185). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bigger » est au #78,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bigger is uncommon French at frequency #78,183 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈbɪɡ.ə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Comparatif de big.".

No misspelling variants are generated for bigger in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bigger, spelled B-I-G-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comparatif de big.

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 "bigger"?
"bigger" is spelled B-I-G-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbɪɡ.ə\.
What does "bigger" mean?
As an adjective, "bigger" means: Comparatif de big.
How do you pronounce "bigger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bigger" is \ˈbɪɡ.ə\. 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 "bigger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list