bison américain
\bi.zɔ̃ a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“bison américain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de bison d’Amérique (boviné).
Corpus desk
Index FR-bison-americain · bison américain · French
bison américain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bison américain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.zɔ̃ a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bison américain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bison américain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.zɔ̃ a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de bison d’Amérique (boviné).".
bison américain doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bison américain, spelled B-I-S-O-N- -A-M-É-R-I-C-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de bison d’Amérique (boviné).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bison américain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par ailleurs deux troupeaux sauvages d’hybrides de bison polonais (bonasus) croisé avec le bison américain furent introduits en Russie, dans le Caucase.
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