bigre
\biɡʁ\
The verdict
“bigre” is uncommon French (frequency #78,184 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,184
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atténuation de bougre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bigre · bigre · French
bigre · rank #78,184 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,184
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bigger
Nearest frequency peer: bigger (-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 « bigre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bigarré
bigarré
21,819 corpus weight
- bigger
bigger
21,818 corpus weight
- bigre
bigre
21,817 corpus weight
- biométhane
biométhane
21,816 corpus weight
- bloquants
bloquants
21,814 corpus weight
- blottis
blottis
21,813 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bigre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bigre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \biɡʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bigre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bigre is uncommon French at frequency #78,184 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \biɡʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Atténuation de bougre.".
bigre has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bigre, spelled B-I-G-R-E.
Definition
- 1Atténuation de bougre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bigre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et Forestier, presque couché sur le canapé, une jambe repliée sous lui, la serviette glissée dans son gilet pour ne point maculer son habit, déclara tout à coup, avec un rire convaincu de sceptique : — Sacristi oui, on s'en payerait si on était sûr du silence. Bigre de bigre ! les pauvres maris !
— Je vais jouer la phrase de la Sonate pour M. Swann ? dit le pianiste. — Ah ! bigre ! ce n’est pas au moins le « Serpent à Sonates » ? demanda M. de Forcheville pour faire de l’effet.
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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