bille

/\bij\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,664

in French word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bille is aFrenchnoun. It means: Tronc d’arbre brut, simplement débarrassé de ses branches pour être envoyé à la scierie. Pronounced \bij\. Often confused with blé and bite.

Key facts for bille
PropertyValue
Headwordbille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bij\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,664
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bille in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bille is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bij\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,664 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for bille, with forms such as "bbille", "bilel", and "blile". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "blé", "bite", "blue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bille, spelled B-I-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tronc d’arbre brut, simplement débarrassé de ses branches pour être envoyé à la scierie.
  2. 2
    Traverse de chemin de fer.
  3. 3
    Pièce de bois de 5m 40 destinée à être coupée en deux pour faire deux traverses.
  4. 4
    Rejeton qui pousse au pied d'un arbre.
  5. 5
    Bâton dont les mégissiers se servent pour tordre les peaux, et les teinturiers pour tordre les tissus.
  6. 6
    Bâton dont les emballeurs se servaient autrefois pour tendre les cordes des colis.
  7. 7
    Rouleau à pâtisserie.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbille,bilel,blile,iblle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bille

Misspelling Variants of "bille"

bbille6bilel5blile5iblle5
Misspelling Variants of "bille"

Frequency rank: #18,664 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bille"?
"bille" is spelled B-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bij\.
What does "bille" mean?
As a noun, "bille" means: Tronc d’arbre brut, simplement débarrassé de ses branches pour être envoyé à la scierie.
What words are commonly confused with "bille"?
"bille" is commonly confused with "blé", "bite", "blue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bille" is \bij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bille" come from?
"bille" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.