bijou

\bi.ʒu\

/\bi.ʒu\/ noun

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The verdict

“bijou” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,181
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit ouvrage de luxe d’un travail élégant et d’une matière précieuse, et qui sert de parure et d’ornement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bijou · bijou · French

bijou · rank #11,181 · 6 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,181
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bayonne

Nearest frequency peer: Bayonne (-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 « bijou »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bijou » 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).

bijou vs bio
60% similar
bijou vs bou
60% similar
bijou vs bios
60% similar

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

Key facts for bijou
PropertyValue
Headwordbijou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.ʒu\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,181
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bijou »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Bayonne » (#11,180), « blocus » (#11,182), « bacon » (#11,178). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bijou » est au #11,181. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bijou (IPA \bi.ʒu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,181 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bijou, with forms such as "bbijou", "bijjou", and "bijuo". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "bio", "bou", "bios", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bijou, spelled B-I-J-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit ouvrage de luxe d’un travail élégant et d’une matière précieuse, et qui sert de parure et d’ornement.
  2. 2
    Toute chose élégante et ornée.
  3. 3
    Petite maison élégante et commode.
  4. 4
    Enfant aimable et docile.
  5. 5
    Au XVIIᵉ siècle, jeune fille issue de petite noblesse hébergée à La Salpêtrière et jouissant d’un traitement particulier.
  6. 6
    Organes sexuels.
  7. 7
    Rogatons, assortiment de restes provenant de grands restaurants, triés et vendus au rabais à des consommateurs peu fortunés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toutes avaient des bijoux en or et de lourds anneaux passés dans les oreilles.
  2. Corentin Hérubel est le digne héritier de sa mère, la créatrice de bijoux Marie-Laure Hérubel et de sa grand-mère, la sculptrice Florence Enders.

Synonyms

beautébijouteriebrillantchef-d’œuvrediamantjoyaumerveilleperfectionperle

This word in other languages

jewel(English)joya(Español)Juwel(Deutsch)jóia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbijou
  • bijjou
  • bijuo
  • bioju
  • bjiou
  • ibjou

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bijou - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbijou1bijjou1bijuo2bioju2bjiou2ibjou2
Edit distance from "bijou"

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 "bijou"?
"bijou" is spelled B-I-J-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.ʒu\.
What does "bijou" mean?
As a noun, "bijou" means: Petit ouvrage de luxe d’un travail élégant et d’une matière précieuse, et qui sert de parure et d’ornement.
What words are commonly confused with "bijou"?
"bijou" is commonly confused with "bio", "bou", "bios". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bijou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bijou" is \bi.ʒu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bijou" come from?
"bijou" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bacon#11,178check#11,188conne#11,195étang#11,159

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

déni6 variantsEssonne6 variantsfiles6 variantsflot6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list