bishop

\bi.ʃɔp\

/\bi.ʃɔp\/ noun

The verdict

“bishop” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,219. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,219
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de bischof. Boisson chaude ou froide, obtenue en faisant macérer, avec ou sans épices, dans du vin sucré, du citron ou de l’orange.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bishop · bishop · French

bishop · rank #19,219 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,219
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bijouterie

Nearest frequency peer: bijouterie (-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 « bishop »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bishop » 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).

bishop vs bisou
67% similar
bishop vs bison
67% similar
bishop vs bisson
67% similar

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

Key facts for bishop
PropertyValue
Headwordbishop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bi.ʃɔp\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,219
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bishop »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bijouterie » (#19,218), « bide » (#19,217), « boussole » (#19,221). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bishop » est au #19,219. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bishop (IPA \bi.ʃɔp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,219 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de bischof. Boisson chaude ou froide, obtenue en faisant macérer, avec ou sans épices, dans du vin sucré, du citron ou de l’orange.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bishop, with forms such as "bbishop", "bihsop", and "bishhop". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bisou", "bison", "bisson", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 bishop, spelled B-I-S-H-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de bischof. Boisson chaude ou froide, obtenue en faisant macérer, avec ou sans épices, dans du vin sucré, du citron ou de l’orange.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À dix heures et demie, heure indue pour le square, entra un petit plateau de sandwiches avec un bol de bishop, qui, venant couronner l’effet du vieux tokay et des autres spiritueux...

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbishop
  • bihsop
  • bishhop
  • bishopp
  • bishpo
  • bisohp
  • bisshop
  • bsihop
  • ibshop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bishop - 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.

bbishop1bihsop2bishhop1bishopp1bishpo2bisohp2bisshop1bsihop2
Edit distance from "bishop"

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 "bishop"?
"bishop" is spelled B-I-S-H-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \bi.ʃɔp\.
What does "bishop" mean?
As a noun, "bishop" means: Variante de bischof. Boisson chaude ou froide, obtenue en faisant macérer, avec ou sans épices, dans du vin sucré, du citron ou de l’orange.
What words are commonly confused with "bishop"?
"bishop" is commonly confused with "bisou", "bison", "bisson". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bishop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bishop" is \bi.ʃɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bishop" come from?
"bishop" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list