bissac
\bi.sak\
The verdict
“bissac” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sac, ouvert en long par le milieu et fermé par les deux bouts, en sorte qu’il forme comme un double sac.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bissac · bissac · French
bissac · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | bissac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.sak\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bissac is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.sak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sac, ouvert en long par le milieu et fermé par les deux bouts, en sorte qu’il forme comme un double sac.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bissac, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 bissac, spelled B-I-S-S-A-C.
Definition
- 1Sac, ouvert en long par le milieu et fermé par les deux bouts, en sorte qu’il forme comme un double sac.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bissac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rô, qui faisait de la chair des pauvres gens qu’elle surprenait chaque jour, de coutumières ripailles, n’était pas seulement une redoutable ennemie, mais, douée par surcroît d’une subtile intelligence et d’une perversion inexplicable, elle savait tendre aux riverains de la côte, pièges et trébuchets, afin qu’y tombassent les imprudents égarés loin du bour…
Soudain, il rabaissa la lunette, et, portant la main au bissac qui pendait sous son sayon : « Combien votre tuyau ? demanda-t-il.
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.