Bilodeau
\bi.lɔ.do\
The verdict
“Bilodeau” is uncommon French (frequency #59,833 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,833
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bilodeau · Bilodeau · French
Bilodeau · rank #59,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,833
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bidouiller
Nearest frequency peer: bidouiller (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Bilodeau »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- beurres
beurres
40,171 corpus weight
- bidouiller
bidouiller
40,169 corpus weight
- Bilodeau
Bilodeau
40,168 corpus weight
- bitte
bitte
40,166 corpus weight
- blâment
blâment
40,165 corpus weight
- bode
bode
40,164 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bilodeau » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bilodeau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bi.lɔ.do\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Bilodeau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Bilodeau is uncommon French at frequency #59,833 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bi.lɔ.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bilodeau in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 Bilodeau, spelled B-I-L-O-D-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bilodeau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pierre Bilodeau et Sarah Amoura devant la voiture dans laquelle l’homme a secouru la jeune femme.
Hé là là, on s’entend qu’Émile Bilodeau n’est pas un grand parolier.
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.
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