biggest

\ˈbɪɡ.ɪst\

/\ˈbɪɡ.ɪst\/ adj

The verdict

“biggest” is uncommon French (frequency #72,961 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,961
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Superlatif de big.

Key facts for biggest
PropertyValue
Headwordbiggest
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈbɪɡ.ɪst\
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,961
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “biggest” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). biggest lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

biggest is uncommon French at frequency #72,961 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈbɪɡ.ɪst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Superlatif de big.".

biggest doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is biggest, spelled B-I-G-G-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Superlatif 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 "biggest"?
"biggest" is spelled B-I-G-G-E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbɪɡ.ɪst\.
What does "biggest" mean?
As an adjective, "biggest" means: Superlatif de big.
How do you pronounce "biggest"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "biggest" is \ˈbɪɡ.ɪst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "biggest" come from?
"biggest" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “biggest”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-I-G-G-E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˈbɪɡ.ɪst\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list