billet vert
\bi.jɛ vɛʁ\
The verdict
“billet vert” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dollar des États-Unis d’Amérique, en tant que monnaie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-billet-vert · billet vert · French
billet vert · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 vert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.jɛ vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « billet vert » en français
Rare enough to double-check
billet vert is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.jɛ vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for billet vert, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is billet vert, spelled B-I-L-L-E-T- -V-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Dollar des États-Unis d’Amérique, en tant que monnaie.
- 2Nom donné au document qui convoquait en mai 1941 les hommes juifs étrangers vivant en France.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how billet vert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La livre britannique effaçait sa hausse face à l’euro, à 0,8816 pence mais regagnait du terrain face au billet vert à 1,6189 dollar.
Les premiers déportés, ceux de 1941, étaient uniquement des hommes, dans la force de l’âge. La plupart polonais. On a appelé cela : la convocation du billet vert. Parce que les hommes qui étaient embarqués recevaient une assignation sous forme d’un billet de couleur verte.
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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.