billigen
\ˈbɪlɪɡn̩\
The verdict
“billigen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Approuver, donner son accord.
Corpus desk
Index FR-billigen · billigen · French
billigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | billigen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈbɪlɪɡn̩\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « billigen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
billigen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈbɪlɪɡn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Approuver, donner son accord.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for billigen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is billigen, spelled B-I-L-L-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Approuver, donner son accord.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how billigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Schweizer Wahlvolk hat die Erhöhung der Mehrwertsteuer gebilligt.
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.