bilan

\bi.lɑ̃\

/\bi.lɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“bilan” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,026
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-bilan · bilan · French

bilan · rank #2,026 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,026
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bateau

Nearest frequency peer: bateau (-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 « bilan »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bilan » 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).

bilan vs bin
60% similar
bilan vs bile
60% similar
bilan vs blah
60% similar

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

Key facts for bilan
PropertyValue
Headwordbilan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.lɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,026
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bilan »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bilanse 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 « bateau » (#2,025), « blancs » (#2,027), « appartement » (#2,024). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bilan » est au #2,026. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around bilan (IPA \bi.lɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,026 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bilan, with forms such as "bbilan", "bialn", and "bilann". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bin", "bile", "blah", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bilan, spelled B-I-L-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récapitulatif.
  2. 2
    État comptable de l’actif et du passif qu’un établissement public ou une entreprise effectue pour rendre compte de sa situation patrimoniale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et si on faisait le bilan de votre carrière ?
  2. Mais deux blâmes de la commissaire à l’éthique, une attitude de cowboy avec les investisseurs de Nemaska, les ballons dégonflés de Flying whales et des propos maladroits sur les données de santé des Québécois font partie d’un triste bilan.

This word in other languages

assessment(English)balance(Español)Abschluss(Deutsch)balanço(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbilan
  • bialn
  • bilann
  • billan
  • bilna
  • blian
  • iblan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbilan1bialn2bilann1billan1bilna2blian2iblan2
Edit distance from "bilan"

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 "bilan"?
"bilan" is spelled B-I-L-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.lɑ̃\.
What does "bilan" mean?
As a noun, "bilan" means: Récapitulatif.
What words are commonly confused with "bilan"?
"bilan" is commonly confused with "bin", "bile", "blah". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bilan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bilan" is \bi.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bilan" come from?
"bilan" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

décès#2,037noirs#2,004seine#2,058Alain#2,062

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

bateau7 variantseffort7 variantsvoyez7 variantsterres7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list