bistouri
\bis.tu.ʁi\
The verdict
“bistouri” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #43,808 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #43,808
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrument qui a la forme d’un petit couteau et qui sert à faire des incisions.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bistouri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bis.tu.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bistouri” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bistouri is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bis.tu.ʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,808 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Instrument qui a la forme d’un petit couteau et qui sert à faire des incisions.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bistouri, with forms such as "bbistouri", "bisoturi", and "bisstouri". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bistouri, spelled B-I-S-T-O-U-R-I.
Definition
- 1Instrument qui a la forme d’un petit couteau et qui sert à faire des incisions.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbistouri,bisoturi,bisstouri,bistorui,bistouir,bistourri,bisttouri,bistuori,bitsouri,bsitouri,ibstouri
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bistouri - 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.
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.
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Using “bistouri”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-I-S-T-O-U-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bis.tu.ʁi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.