bisschen
\ˈbɪs.çən\
The verdict
“bisschen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Utilisé uniquement dans ein bisschen) Peu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bisschen · bisschen · French
bisschen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | bisschen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈbɪs.çən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bisschen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bisschen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈbɪs.çən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Utilisé uniquement dans ein bisschen) Peu.".
bisschen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 bisschen, spelled B-I-S-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(Utilisé uniquement dans ein bisschen) Peu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bisschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hatte doch nur ein bisschen Alkohol getrunken.
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.