bike

\bajk\

/\bajk\/ verb

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The verdict

“bike” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,848
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de biker.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bike · bike · French

bike · rank #31,848 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,848
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bibliothécair…

Nearest frequency peer: bibliothécaires (-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 « bike »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bike » 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).

bike vs BK
0% similar
bike vs bio
50% similar
bike vs blé
25% similar

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

Key facts for bike
PropertyValue
Headwordbike
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bajk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,848
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bike »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bikese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bibliothécaires » (#31,847), « bilatéraux » (#31,849), « Blais » (#31,850). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bike » est au #31,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around bike (IPA \bajk\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,848 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for bike, with forms such as "bbike", "biek", and "bikke". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BK", "bio", "blé", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bike, spelled B-I-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de biker.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de biker.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de biker.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de biker.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de biker.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbike
  • biek
  • bikke
  • bkie
  • ibke

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bike - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbike1biek2bikke1bkie2ibke2
Edit distance from "bike"

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 "bike"?
"bike" is spelled B-I-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bajk\.
What does "bike" mean?
As a verb, "bike" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de biker.
What words are commonly confused with "bike"?
"bike" is commonly confused with "BK", "bio", "blé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bike"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bike" is \bajk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bike" come from?
"bike" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

becs#31,844boat#31,852anno#31,817Dali#31,914

Similar misspelling depth

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

bossu5 variantswanna5 variantsgoose5 variantshama5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list