biniou
\bi.nju\
The verdict
“biniou” is uncommon French (frequency #91,448 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,448
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de cornemuse en usage en Bretagne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-biniou · biniou · French
biniou · rank #91,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,448
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bilou
Nearest frequency peer: bilou (-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 « biniou »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bigoudis
bigoudis
8,555 corpus weight
- bilou
bilou
8,554 corpus weight
- biniou
biniou
8,553 corpus weight
- binoclard
binoclard
8,552 corpus weight
- bisannuelle
bisannuelle
8,551 corpus weight
- blanchissag…
blanchissages
8,550 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « biniou » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | biniou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.nju\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « biniou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
biniou is uncommon French at frequency #91,448 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.nju\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for biniou, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is biniou, spelled B-I-N-I-O-U.
Definition
- 1Sorte de cornemuse en usage en Bretagne.
- 2Instrument à vent, généralement lorsque celui qui en joue n’est pas très doué.
- 3Téléphone.
- 4Alcootest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how biniou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« On danse chez M. Dominique, me dit le docteur. Bonne occasion pour lui faire visite dès ce soir, si vous le voulez bien, puisque vous lui devez des remercîments. Lorsqu’on danse au biniou chez un propriétaire qui fait vendanges, sachez que c’est presque une soirée publique. »
Le biniou de Jozon Thoraval! Il avait sa légende, comme tout biniou qui se respecte; j’en puis faire aujourd'hui l’histoire […].
This word in other languages
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).