billet de banque
\bi.jɛ də bɑ̃k\
The verdict
“billet de banque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau de papier imprimé émis par une banque et représentant de l’argent liquide sous forme de monnaie fiduciaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-billet-de-banque · billet de banque · French
billet de banque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | billet de banque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.jɛ də bɑ̃k\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « billet de banque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
billet de banque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.jɛ də bɑ̃k\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Morceau de papier imprimé émis par une banque et représentant de l’argent liquide sous forme de monnaie fiduciaire.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for billet de banque, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is billet de banque, spelled B-I-L-L-E-T- -D-E- -B-A-N-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Morceau de papier imprimé émis par une banque et représentant de l’argent liquide sous forme de monnaie fiduciaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how billet de banque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cochon est chambré sous son toit avec des pommes de terre, et les autres se chafriolent dans les billets de banque.
Que sera-t-il cet homme dont les billets de banque viennent chercher d’autres billets de banque ? Que sera-t-elle cette femme dont la dot épouse des appointements ?
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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.