bison d’Amérique
\bi.zɔ̃ d‿a.me.ʁik\
The verdict
“bison d’Amérique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de bison originaire des grandes prairies du Midwest en Amérique du Nord, de nom scientifique Bison bison.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bison-d-amerique · bison d’Amérique · French
bison d’Amérique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 d’Amérique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.zɔ̃ d‿a.me.ʁik\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bison d’Amérique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.zɔ̃ d‿a.me.ʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de bison originaire des grandes prairies du Midwest en Amérique du Nord, de nom scientifique Bison bison.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bison d’Amérique in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bison d’Amérique, spelled B-I-S-O-N- -D-’-A-M-É-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de bison originaire des grandes prairies du Midwest en Amérique du Nord, de nom scientifique Bison bison.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bison d’Amérique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bison d’Amérique a été exterminé à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle au point de menacer la survie de l’espèce.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.