Billancourt

\bijɑ̃kuʁ\

/\bijɑ̃kuʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Billancourt” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,128. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,128
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française du département de la Somme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-billancourt · Billancourt · French

Billancourt · rank #24,128 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,128
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bilinguisme

Nearest frequency peer: bilinguisme (-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 « Billancourt »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Billancourt » 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 Billancourt
PropertyValue
HeadwordBillancourt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\bijɑ̃kuʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#24,128
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Billancourt »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Billancourtse 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 « bilinguisme » (#24,127), « bison » (#24,129), « biberon » (#24,126). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Billancourt » est au #24,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Billancourt (IPA \bijɑ̃kuʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,128 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Billancourt, with forms such as "bbillancourt", "bilalncourt", and "bilancourt". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Billancourt, spelled B-I-L-L-A-N-C-O-U-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française du département de la Somme.
  2. 2
    Ancien écart de la paroisse d’Auteuil, devenu un quartier de Boulogne-Billancourt dans le département des Hauts-de-Seine.
  3. 3
    Usine Renault de Billancourt.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les directions répondent à la très forte croissance des adhésions à la CGT et au Parti communiste, d’une part, en développant l’action sociale pour détacher les ouvriers de l’influence communiste et, d’autre part, en soutenant en sous-main les syndicats maison, notamment chez Peugeot, et les syndicats de droite et d’extrême droite, dont la présence à Bill…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbillancourt
  • bilalncourt
  • bilancourt
  • billacnourt
  • billanccourt
  • billancorut
  • billancourrt
  • billancourtt
  • billancoutr
  • billancuort
  • billanncourt
  • billanocurt
  • billnacourt
  • blilancourt
  • ibllancourt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbillancourt1bilalncourt2bilancourt1billacnourt2billanccourt1billancorut2billancourrt1billancourtt1
Edit distance from "Billancourt"

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 "Billancourt"?
"Billancourt" is spelled B-I-L-L-A-N-C-O-U-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bijɑ̃kuʁ\.
What does "Billancourt" mean?
As a proper noun, "Billancourt" means: Commune française du département de la Somme.
What are common misspellings of "Billancourt"?
Common misspellings include "bbillancourt", "bilalncourt", "bilancourt", "billacnourt", "billanccourt". The correct spelling is "Billancourt".
How do you pronounce "Billancourt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Billancourt" is \bijɑ̃kuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Billancourt" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list