bigot

\bi.ɡo\

/\bi.ɡo\/ adj

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The verdict

“bigot” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,853. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,853
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dévot de façon outrée et superstitieuse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bigot · bigot · French

bigot · rank #28,853 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,853
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH besogne

Nearest frequency peer: besogne (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bigot »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bigot » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bigot vs bio
60% similar
bigot vs bot
60% similar
bigot vs bit
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bigot
PropertyValue
Headwordbigot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bi.ɡo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,853
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bigot »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bigotse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « besogne » (#28,852), « biologistes » (#28,854), « Beijing » (#28,851). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bigot » est au #28,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around bigot (IPA \bi.ɡo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,853 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dévot de façon outrée et superstitieuse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bigot, with forms such as "bbigot", "bgiot", and "biggot". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "bio", "bot", "bit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 bigot, spelled B-I-G-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dévot de façon outrée et superstitieuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un moine bigot.
  2. Une éducation bigote.

Synonyms

bondieusardcagotpapelard

This word in other languages

sanctimonious(English)beato(Español)bigott(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbigot
  • bgiot
  • biggot
  • bigott
  • bigto
  • biogt
  • ibgot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bigot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbigot1bgiot2biggot1bigott1bigto2biogt2ibgot2
Edit distance from "bigot"

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 "bigot"?
"bigot" is spelled B-I-G-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.ɡo\.
What does "bigot" mean?
As an adjective, "bigot" means: Dévot de façon outrée et superstitieuse.
What words are commonly confused with "bigot"?
"bigot" is commonly confused with "bio", "bot", "bit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bigot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bigot" is \bi.ɡo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bigot" come from?
"bigot" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

baden#28,847brins#28,863bulbe#28,865amena#28,825

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

ciseau7 variantsYukon7 variantsWalid7 variantsvador7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list