bijleggen

verb

The verdict

“bijleggen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aplanir, régler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bijleggen · bijleggen · French

bijleggen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for bijleggen
PropertyValue
Headwordbijleggen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bijleggen » en français

bijleggensiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bijleggen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for bijleggen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bijleggen, spelled B-I-J-L-E-G-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aplanir, régler.
  2. 2
    Ajouter.
  3. 3
    Payer de sa poche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. het bijleggen : se réconcilier.
  2. het bijleggen van een geschil : le règlement d’un différend.

Synonyms

goedmakenbeslechtenschikkenvereffenentoevoegenbijbetalen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bijleggen"?
"bijleggen" is spelled B-I-J-L-E-G-G-E-N.
What does "bijleggen" mean?
As a verb, "bijleggen" means: Aplanir, régler.
What language does "bijleggen" come from?
"bijleggen" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list