bisexuel

\bi.sɛk.sɥɛl\

/\bi.sɛk.sɥɛl\/ adj

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The verdict

“bisexuel” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,474
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie une personne attirée sexuellement par les hommes, les femmes et/ou les personnes ayant d’autres genres (cela inclut l'attirance sentimentalement, même si le mot est utilisé comme un abus d...

Corpus desk

Index FR-bisexuel · bisexuel · French

bisexuel · rank #45,474 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,474
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bibles

Nearest frequency peer: bibles (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bisexuel »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bisexuel » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bisexuel vs bisexuels
89% similar
bisexuel vs bisexuelle
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bisexuel
PropertyValue
Headwordbisexuel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bi.sɛk.sɥɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,474
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bisexuel »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bisexuelse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bibles » (#45,473), « bisexuelle » (#45,475), « bias » (#45,472). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bisexuel » est au #45,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bisexuel (IPA \bi.sɛk.sɥɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,474 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bisexuel, with forms such as "bbisexuel", "biesxuel", and "biseuxel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bisexuels", "bisexuelle", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bisexuel, spelled B-I-S-E-X-U-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie une personne attirée sexuellement par les hommes, les femmes et/ou les personnes ayant d’autres genres (cela inclut l'attirance sentimentalement, même si le mot est utilisé comme un abus de langage dans ce contexte).
  2. 2
    Relatif à la bisexualité.
  3. 3
    Orthographe parfois utilisée pour bissexuel, androgyne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bisexuel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Aujourd’hui seulement, arriverait-on à définir la naissance, la même année, de ces deux phénomènes, comme le début d’une ère où la jeunesse sortit d’un long silence pour se fabriquer ses héros, bisexuels et ambigus, rebelles et vides.
  2. Intelligente et flamboyante, la première sénatrice bisexuelle de l’histoire du Sénat américain s’est régulièrement retrouvée sous les projecteurs lors des deux premières années de la présidence Biden.

Synonyms

ambidextrebibilinguecisbidouble face

This word in other languages

bisexual(English)bisexual(Español)bisexuell(Deutsch)bissexual(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbisexuel
  • biesxuel
  • biseuxel
  • bisexeul
  • bisexuell
  • bisexule
  • bisexxuel
  • bissexuel
  • bisxeuel
  • bsiexuel
  • ibsexuel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bisexuel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbisexuel1biesxuel2biseuxel2bisexeul2bisexuell1bisexule2bisexxuel1bissexuel1
Edit distance from "bisexuel"

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 "bisexuel"?
"bisexuel" is spelled B-I-S-E-X-U-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.sɛk.sɥɛl\.
What does "bisexuel" mean?
As an adjective, "bisexuel" means: Qualifie une personne attirée sexuellement par les hommes, les femmes et/ou les personnes ayant d’autres genres (cela inclut l'attirance sentimentalement, même si le mot est utilisé comme un abus d...
What words are commonly confused with "bisexuel"?
"bisexuel" is commonly confused with "bisexuels", "bisexuelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bisexuel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bisexuel" is \bi.sɛk.sɥɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bisexuel" come from?
"bisexuel" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bisexuel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

argents11 variantsconcouru11 variantsconsort11 variantscontant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list