bills

\bil\

/\bil\/ noun

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The verdict

“bills” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,677
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-bills · bills · French

bills · rank #38,677 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,677
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bifurcation

Nearest frequency peer: bifurcation (-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 « bills »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bills » 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).

bills vs bis
60% similar
bills vs bull
60% similar
bills vs bits
60% similar

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

Key facts for bills
PropertyValue
Headwordbills
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bil\
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,677
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bills »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).billsse 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 « bifurcation » (#38,676), « biopic » (#38,678), « bestiaire » (#38,675). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bills » est au #38,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bills (IPA \bil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,677 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bill.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bills, with forms such as "bbills", "billss", and "bils". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bis", "bull", "bits", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bills, spelled B-I-L-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bill.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’Angleterre, de son côté, ne pouvoit plus attaquer ostensiblement les colonies espagnoles, puisque le roi d’Espagne, prisonnier en France, étoit devenu son allié : aussi publia-t-elle des bills afin de défendre aux sujets de S. M. B. de porter des secours aux Américains ; mais en même temps six ou sept mille hommes, enrôlés malgré ces bills diplomatiques…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbills
  • billss
  • bils
  • bilsl
  • blils
  • iblls

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bills - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbills1billss1bils1bilsl2blils2iblls2
Edit distance from "bills"

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 "bills"?
"bills" is spelled B-I-L-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bil\.
What does "bills" mean?
As a noun, "bills" means: Pluriel de bill.
What words are commonly confused with "bills"?
"bills" is commonly confused with "bis", "bull", "bits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bills"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bills" is \bil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bills" come from?
"bills" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bryce#38,683bayou#38,670Bugey#38,684auray#38,659

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

baille6 variantsaxés6 variantscourre6 variantscéda6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list