billot

\bi.jo\

/\bi.jo\/ noun

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The verdict

“billot” is uncommon French (frequency #51,309 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,309
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gros tronçon de bois cylindrique ou taillé carrément, s’élevant ordinairement à hauteur d’appui, et dont la partie supérieure présente une surface plane.

Key facts for billot
PropertyValue
Headwordbillot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.jo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,309
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “billot” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). billot lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

billot is uncommon French at frequency #51,309 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.jo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for billot in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is billot, spelled B-I-L-L-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gros tronçon de bois cylindrique ou taillé carrément, s’élevant ordinairement à hauteur d’appui, et dont la partie supérieure présente une surface plane.
  2. 2
    Bloc de bois sur lequel on appuyait la tête d’une personne condamnée à la décapitation pour l’exécuter.
  3. 3
    Il désigne, dans un grand nombre de métiers, la masse de bois ou de fer à hauteur d’appui sur laquelle on exécute un ouvrage.
  4. 4
    Bâton que l’on suspend en travers au cou des chiens, pour les empêcher de chasser et d’entrer dans les vignes. On donne également ce nom à des pièces de bois qu’on attache au cou des bœufs, des vaches, et qui sont assez lourdes pour les empêcher de courir.

This word in other languages

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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 "billot"?
"billot" is spelled B-I-L-L-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.jo\.
What does "billot" mean?
As a noun, "billot" means: Gros tronçon de bois cylindrique ou taillé carrément, s’élevant ordinairement à hauteur d’appui, et dont la partie supérieure présente une surface plane.
How do you pronounce "billot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "billot" is \bi.jo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "billot" come from?
"billot" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “billot”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-I-L-L-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bi.jo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list