bilieux
\bi.ljø\
The verdict
“bilieux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui abonde en bile ; qui a rapport à la bile ou qui en résulte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bilieux · bilieux · French
bilieux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bilieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bi.ljø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bilieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bi.ljø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bilieux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 bilieux, spelled B-I-L-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui abonde en bile ; qui a rapport à la bile ou qui en résulte.
- 2Qui a la couleur de la bile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bilieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ; il n'est de sottises que ces niais ne débitassent, de grossièretés enveloppées de fadeurs qu'ils n'osassent laisser tomber, et l'arrogance mielleuse de ces bas de plafond ne contribuait pas peu à entretenir ma bilieuse tristesse.
Tempérament bilieux.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.