biome
\bjom\
The verdict
“biome” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble écologique présentant une très grande homogénéité sur une vaste surface.
Corpus desk
Index FR-biome · biome · French
biome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | biome |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bjom\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
biome is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bjom\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble écologique présentant une très grande homogénéité sur une vaste surface.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for biome, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is biome, spelled B-I-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble écologique présentant une très grande homogénéité sur une vaste surface.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how biome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien entendu, l’élevage extensif nécessite de vastes espaces : jusqu'à 10 hectares par tête de gros bétail. La zone sahélienne est peu peuplée. Entre Dakar et le Darfour, les habitants de ce « biome » ne dépassent pas vingt millions d'habitants, soit 2 % de tout le continent africain (un milliard d'habitants), et toute la population des zones de sahel ne…
Exemples de biomes : toundra, taïga, forêt tempérée, biome méditerranéen (matorral), steppe, savane, forêt équatoriale humide, désert, littoral, abysses.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.