biker

\baj.kœʁ\

/\baj.kœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“biker” is uncommon French (frequency #67,321 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,321
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne utilisant une moto ou, plus généralement, en deux-roues.

Corpus desk

Index FR-biker · biker · French

biker · rank #67,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,321
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bestiale

Nearest frequency peer: bestiale (-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 « biker »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « biker » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for biker
PropertyValue
Headwordbiker
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\baj.kœʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,321
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « biker » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bikertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « bestiale » (#67,320), « binder » (#67,322), « benvenuto » (#67,319). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « biker » est au #67,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

biker is uncommon French at frequency #67,321 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \baj.kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for biker in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists 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 biker, spelled B-I-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne utilisant une moto ou, plus généralement, en deux-roues.
  2. 2
    Style supposé d'une personne utilisant une moto

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rassemblés dans une clairière, autour de croix embrasées, voici quelques familles, un garçonnet encagoulé qui crie « Pouvoir blanc ! » en levant le poing, un homme édenté qui promet aux « singes » de leur faire la peau, de vieux bikers à barbe blanche revolver passé dans la ceinture.
  2. son look a étonné, y compris ses collègues : un bandana aux motifs bleus sur le front lui donnant, selon les commentateurs, des airs de hippie, de biker ou d’Indien.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "biker"?
"biker" is spelled B-I-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \baj.kœʁ\.
What does "biker" mean?
As a noun, "biker" means: Personne utilisant une moto ou, plus généralement, en deux-roues.
How do you pronounce "biker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "biker" is \baj.kœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "biker" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list