binaire
\bi.nɛʁ\
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
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est d’arité deux.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | binaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bi.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “binaire” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around binaire (IPA \bi.nɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,422 among 227,490 “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
- 1Qui est d’arité deux.
- 2Système 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.
- 3Qui est formé de deux espèces chimiques.
- 4Qualifie une métrique dont les temps sont divisés en sous-unités multiples de deux (croches, doubles-croches…).
- 5Manichéen.
- 6Qui ne comporte que deux éléments ou ne propose que deux options, précisément, strictement et invariablement.
- 7Relatif à la binarité de genre, aux personnes qui ne s’identifient pas non binaire.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “binaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-I-N-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bi.nɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bizarre” - see the side-by-side comparison. binaire vs bizarre
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.