bikini

\bi.ki.ni\

/\bi.ki.ni\/ noun

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The verdict

“bikini” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,885. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,885
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maillot de bain deux-pièces.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bikini · bikini · French

bikini · rank #17,885 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,885
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouffon

Nearest frequency peer: bouffon (+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 « bikini »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bikini » 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).

bikini vs Birkin
50% similar
bikini vs burkini
71% similar

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

Key facts for bikini
PropertyValue
Headwordbikini
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.ki.ni\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,885
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bikini »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bikinise 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 « bouffon » (#17,886), « bailey » (#17,883), « bourre » (#17,887). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bikini » est au #17,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bikini (IPA \bi.ki.ni\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,885 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maillot de bain deux-pièces.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bikini, with forms such as "bbikini", "biikni", and "bikiin". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Birkin", "burkini", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 bikini, spelled B-I-K-I-N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maillot de bain deux-pièces.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les jeunes femmes ont un sens aigu de ce qu’il convient de faire et de ne pas faire quand on a cessé d’être jeune. « Je ne comprends pas, disent-elles, que passé quarante ans on se teigne en blond ; qu’on s’exhibe en bikini ; qu’on coquette avec les hommes. Moi, quand j’aurai cet âge-là... »
  2. Le quartier où tous les dix mètres un grand noir patibulaire vous tendait un paquet de mouchoirs frappé de l’image d'une fille en cuir ou en bikini avec, au dos, le plan d'accès vers un bar à hôtesses.

Synonyms

deux-pièces

This word in other languages

bikini(English)bikini(Español)Bikini(Deutsch)biquíni(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbikini
  • biikni
  • bikiin
  • bikinni
  • bikkini
  • biknii
  • bkiini
  • ibkini

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bikini - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbikini1biikni2bikiin2bikinni1bikkini1biknii2bkiini2ibkini2
Edit distance from "bikini"

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 "bikini"?
"bikini" is spelled B-I-K-I-N-I. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.ki.ni\.
What does "bikini" mean?
As a noun, "bikini" means: Maillot de bain deux-pièces.
What words are commonly confused with "bikini"?
"bikini" is commonly confused with "Birkin", "burkini". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bikini"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bikini" is \bi.ki.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bikini" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bailey#17,883bourre#17,887brunet#17,889cadran#17,891

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

bouffon8 variantsarroser8 variantsamande8 variantsalliées8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list