biseau

\bi.zo\

/\bi.zo\/ noun

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The verdict

“biseau” is an uncommon French word, ranked #55,090 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#55,090
frequency rank, French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Extrémité ou bord coupé en biais, en talus.

Key facts for biseau
PropertyValue
Headwordbiseau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.zo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,090
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “biseau” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). biseau lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for biseau is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bi.zo\. Corpus data places it at rank #55,090 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for biseau, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is biseau, spelled B-I-S-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extrémité ou bord coupé en biais, en talus.
  2. 2
    Chose en biais.
  3. 3
    Principales faces qui environnent la table d’un brillant.
  4. 4
    Taille qui permet d’enchâsser dans le cercle d’ouverture le verre d’une montre ou d’une pendule.
  5. 5
    Bec de l’embouchure de certains instruments, tels que la clarinette, le flageolet, la plupart des flûtes, et aussi de la partie terminale d’un tuyau d’orgue.
  6. 6
    Morceaux de bois entourant les pages de caractères, et dont un côté est taillé obliquement pour recevoir les coins qui servent à serrer la forme.
  7. 7
    Ces outils eux-mêmes.
  8. 8
    Période entre deux postes où les deux activités se cumulent partiellement.

This word in other languages

bevel(English)bisel(Español)bisel(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "biseau"?
"biseau" is spelled B-I-S-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.zo\.
What does "biseau" mean?
As a noun, "biseau" means: Extrémité ou bord coupé en biais, en talus.
How do you pronounce "biseau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "biseau" is \bi.zo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "biseau" come from?
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Using “biseau”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-I-S-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bi.zo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list