Biraben
\bi.ʁa.bɛ̃\
The verdict
“Biraben” is uncommon French (frequency #89,456 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,456
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille béarnais et gascon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-biraben · Biraben · French
Biraben · rank #89,456 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,456
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bioniques
Nearest frequency peer: bioniques (-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 « Biraben »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- billettes
billettes
10,549 corpus weight
- bioniques
bioniques
10,546 corpus weight
- Biraben
Biraben
10,545 corpus weight
- birmanes
birmanes
10,544 corpus weight
- bivouacs
bivouacs
10,543 corpus weight
- blafarde
blafarde
10,541 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Biraben » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Biraben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bi.ʁa.bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Biraben » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Biraben is uncommon French at frequency #89,456 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bi.ʁa.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille béarnais et gascon.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Biraben, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Biraben, spelled B-I-R-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille béarnais et gascon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Biraben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Bien sûr qu’il faut se battre contre ces fermetures », a appuyé Anne Biraben.
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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