binaire

\bi.nɛʁ\

/\bi.nɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“binaire” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,422
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est d’arité deux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-binaire · binaire · French

binaire · rank #14,422 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,422
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Belfort

Nearest frequency peer: Belfort (-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 « binaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « binaire » 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).

binaire vs bizarre
71% similar
binaire vs binaires
88% similar
binaire vs biaisé
57% similar

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

Key facts for binaire
PropertyValue
Headwordbinaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bi.nɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,422
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « binaire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.binairese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Belfort » (#14,421), « building » (#14,423), « baume » (#14,420). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « binaire » est au #14,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around binaire (IPA \bi.nɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,422 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for binaire, with forms such as "bbinaire", "bianire", and "binaier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "bizarre", "binaires", "biaisé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is binaire, spelled B-I-N-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est d’arité deux.
  2. 2
    Système de numération en base 2 dans lequel on exprime tous les nombres par le seul emploi de deux caractères, l’un désignant l’unité, l’autre indiquant sa place, comme seraient, dans les chiffres arabes, 0 et 1.
  3. 3
    Qui est formé de deux espèces chimiques.
  4. 4
    Qualifie une métrique dont les temps sont divisés en sous-unités multiples de deux (croches, doubles-croches…).
  5. 5
    Manichéen.
  6. 6
    Qui ne comporte que deux éléments ou ne propose que deux options, précisément, strictement et invariablement.
  7. 7
    Relatif à la binarité de genre, aux personnes qui ne s’identifient pas non binaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour lui, toutes les formes qu’il faut distinguer les unes des autres, et qui se maintiennent dans son jardin, sont des espèces : c’est ce qu'on appelle le Jordanisme. Le Jordanisme, on le voit, n'est qu'une des conséquences de la nomenclature binaire.
  2. L’addition usuelle est une opération binaire.

Synonyms

manichéen

This word in other languages

binary(English)binario(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbinaire
  • bianire
  • binaier
  • binairre
  • binarie
  • biniare
  • binnaire
  • bniaire
  • ibnaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of binaire - 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.

bbinaire1bianire2binaier2binairre1binarie2biniare2binnaire1bniaire2
Edit distance from "binaire"

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 "binaire"?
"binaire" is spelled B-I-N-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.nɛʁ\.
What does "binaire" mean?
As an adjective, "binaire" means: Qui est d’arité deux.
What words are commonly confused with "binaire"?
"binaire" is commonly confused with "bizarre", "binaires", "biaisé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "binaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "binaire" is \bi.nɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "binaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Belfort#14,421ciseaux#14,429artères#14,414coûtera#14,437

Similar misspelling depth

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

crient9 variantsDublin9 variantsViktor9 variantsEsther9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list