biosphère

/\bjɔ.sfɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,829

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

biosphère is aFrenchnoun. It means: Atome globuleux que l’on supposait être la base de tous les corps vivants. Pronounced \bjɔ.sfɛʁ\. Often confused with Bosphore.

Key facts for biosphère
PropertyValue
Headwordbiosphère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bjɔ.sfɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,829
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of biosphère in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for biosphère is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bjɔ.sfɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,829 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for biosphère, with forms such as "bbiosphère", "biopshère", and "bioshpère". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Bosphore", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is biosphère, spelled B-I-O-S-P-H-È-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Atome globuleux que l’on supposait être la base de tous les corps vivants.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des êtres vivants (organismes, populations, communautés) qui habitent la surface de la Terre et les milieux où ils vivent, ainsi que les interactions entre ces êtres vivants et leur environnement.
  3. 3
    Couche de la Terre où la vie est possible, comprenant l’ensemble des milieux terrestres, aquatiques et atmosphériques peu profonds où les organismes vivants peuvent exister et interagir.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbiosphère,biopshère,bioshpère,biosphere,biosphhère,biosphrèe,biosphèer,biosphèrre,biospphère,biospèhre,biossphère,bisophère,boisphère,ibosphère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for biosphère

Misspelling Variants of "biosphère"

bbiosphère10biopshère9bioshpère9biosphere9biosphhère10biosphrèe9biosphèer9biosphèrre10
Misspelling Variants of "biosphère"

Frequency rank: #35,829 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "biosphère"?
"biosphère" is spelled B-I-O-S-P-H-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bjɔ.sfɛʁ\.
What does "biosphère" mean?
As a noun, "biosphère" means: Atome globuleux que l’on supposait être la base de tous les corps vivants.
What words are commonly confused with "biosphère"?
"biosphère" is commonly confused with "Bosphore". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "biosphère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "biosphère" is \bjɔ.sfɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "biosphère" come from?
"biosphère" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.