billets

\bi.jɛ\

/\bi.jɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“billets” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,660. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,660
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de billet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-billets · billets · French

billets · rank #2,660 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,660
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH banques

Nearest frequency peer: banques (-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 « billets »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « billets » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

billets vs bills
71% similar
billets vs bulles
71% similar
billets vs bullet
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for billets
PropertyValue
Headwordbillets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.jɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,660
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « billets »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).billetsse 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 « banques » (#2,659), « aurez » (#2,658), « caractéristiques » (#2,662). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « billets » est au #2,660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around billets (IPA \bi.jɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,660 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de billet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for billets, with forms such as "bbillets", "bilelts", and "bilets". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "bills", "bulles", "bullet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 billets, spelled B-I-L-L-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de billet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tous trois préparaient ce travail immense dont le résultat tenait sur un carré de papier tellière et prouvait à la maison Guillaume qu’il existait tant en argent, tant en marchandises, tant en traites et billets ; qu’elle ne devait pas un sou, qu’il lui était dû cent ou deux cent mille francs ; que le capital avait augmenté ; que les fermes, les maisons,…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbillets
  • bilelts
  • bilets
  • billest
  • billetss
  • billetts
  • billtes
  • blilets
  • ibllets

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbillets1bilelts2bilets1billest2billetss1billetts1billtes2blilets2
Edit distance from "billets"

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 "billets"?
"billets" is spelled B-I-L-L-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.jɛ\.
What does "billets" mean?
As a noun, "billets" means: Pluriel de billet.
What words are commonly confused with "billets"?
"billets" is commonly confused with "bills", "bulles", "bullet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "billets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "billets" is \bi.jɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "billets" come from?
"billets" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

banques#2,659chevaux#2,663vigueur#2,651Turquie#2,650

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

séjour9 variantsniveaux9 variantspouvais9 variantsofficier9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list