bistouri

\bis.tu.ʁi\

/\bis.tu.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“bistouri” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,808
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument qui a la forme d’un petit couteau et qui sert à faire des incisions.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bistouri · bistouri · French

bistouri · rank #43,808 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,808
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH biocarburants

Nearest frequency peer: biocarburants (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bistouri »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bistouri » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bistouri
PropertyValue
Headwordbistouri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bis.tu.ʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,808
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bistouri »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bistourise place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « biocarburants » (#43,807), « blackout » (#43,809), « bianco » (#43,806). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bistouri » est au #43,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around bistouri (IPA \bis.tu.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,808 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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

  1. 1
    Instrument qui a la forme d’un petit couteau et qui sert à faire des incisions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bistouri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La lame, le manche d’un bistouri.
  2. Ouvrir une tumeur avec le bistouri, d’un coup de bistouri.

Synonyms

scalpel

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.

bbistouri1bisoturi2bisstouri1bistorui2bistouir2bistourri1bisttouri1bistuori2
Edit distance from "bistouri"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bistouri"?
"bistouri" is spelled B-I-S-T-O-U-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \bis.tu.ʁi\.
What does "bistouri" mean?
As a noun, "bistouri" means: Instrument qui a la forme d’un petit couteau et qui sert à faire des incisions.
What are common misspellings of "bistouri"?
Common misspellings include "bbistouri", "bisoturi", "bisstouri", "bistorui", "bistouir". The correct spelling is "bistouri".
How do you pronounce "bistouri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bistouri" is \bis.tu.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bistouri" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bistouri", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blackout#43,809bloquait#43,810battants#43,801augmenta#43,789

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

browser11 variantsassujettir11 variantschardin11 variantschéries11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list