bilinguisme

\bi.lɛ̃.ɡɥism\

/\bi.lɛ̃.ɡɥism\/ noun

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The verdict

“bilinguisme” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,127
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Situation sociale dans laquelle deux langues sont utilisées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bilinguisme · bilinguisme · French

bilinguisme · rank #24,127 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,127
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH biberon

Nearest frequency peer: biberon (-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 « bilinguisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bilinguisme » 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
Key facts for bilinguisme
PropertyValue
Headwordbilinguisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.lɛ̃.ɡɥism\
Letters11
Frequency rank#24,127
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bilinguisme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bilinguismese 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 « biberon » (#24,126), « Billancourt » (#24,128), « betterave » (#24,125). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bilinguisme » est au #24,127. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around bilinguisme (IPA \bi.lɛ̃.ɡɥism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,127 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for bilinguisme, with forms such as "bbilinguisme", "biilnguisme", and "bilignuisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 bilinguisme, spelled B-I-L-I-N-G-U-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Situation sociale dans laquelle deux langues sont utilisées.
  2. 2
    Pour un individu, fait d’être bilingue, de maitriser deux langues.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une telle situation rend la survie du sarde plus difficile que jamais et condamne les sardophones a un statut de diglossie, loin du bilinguisme souhaité, dans lequel leur langue apparait cantonnée, plus que jamais, à des situations de communication limitées.
  2. Le bilinguisme n’est pas simplement une juxtaposition de deux compétences linguistiques, c’est un état particulier de compétence langagière qui ne peut être évalué avec les termes de la norme monolingue.

This word in other languages

bilingualism(English)bilingüismo(Español)Zweisprachigkeit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbilinguisme
  • biilnguisme
  • bilignuisme
  • bilingguisme
  • bilingiusme
  • bilinguimse
  • bilinguisem
  • bilinguismme
  • bilinguissme
  • bilingusime
  • bilinnguisme
  • bilinugisme
  • billinguisme
  • bilniguisme
  • bliinguisme
  • iblinguisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bilinguisme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbilinguisme1biilnguisme2bilignuisme2bilingguisme1bilingiusme2bilinguimse2bilinguisem2bilinguismme1
Edit distance from "bilinguisme"

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 "bilinguisme"?
"bilinguisme" is spelled B-I-L-I-N-G-U-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.lɛ̃.ɡɥism\.
What does "bilinguisme" mean?
As a noun, "bilinguisme" means: Situation sociale dans laquelle deux langues sont utilisées.
What are common misspellings of "bilinguisme"?
Common misspellings include "bbilinguisme", "biilnguisme", "bilignuisme", "bilingguisme", "bilingiusme". The correct spelling is "bilinguisme".
How do you pronounce "bilinguisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bilinguisme" is \bi.lɛ̃.ɡɥism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bilinguisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Billancourt#24,128comestibles#24,159dangerosité#24,172Westminster#24,081

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

conditionnel16 variantscontractée16 variantsécrasement16 variantsutilisables16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list