bistrot
\bis.tʁo\
The verdict
“bistrot” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,869
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit café ou restaurant sans prétention.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bistrot · bistrot · French
bistrot · rank #21,869 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,869
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH binôme
Nearest frequency peer: binôme (-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 « bistrot »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- beauf
beauf
78,135 corpus weight
- billetterie
billetterie
78,134 corpus weight
- binôme
binôme
78,133 corpus weight
- bistrot
bistrot
78,132 corpus weight
- bloquant
bloquant
78,131 corpus weight
- BM
BM
78,130 corpus weight
What this shows « bistrot » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bistrot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bis.tʁo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bistrot »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around bistrot (IPA \bis.tʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,869 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bistrot, with forms such as "bbistrot", "bisrtot", and "bisstrot". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bistrots", "bistro", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bistrot, spelled B-I-S-T-R-O-T.
Definition
- 1Petit café ou restaurant sans prétention.
- 2Tenancier de débit de boissons
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bistrot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Connaissez-vous, demanda-t-elle, vis-à-vis la prison, le p’tit bistrot où vont les femmes ?
On ne fait plus d’enfants, chez nous, sauf dans les coins pouilleux, dans les milieux de misère, certains samedis de paye, après stations devant les comptoirs des bistrots.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbistrot
- bisrtot
- bisstrot
- bistort
- bistrott
- bistrrot
- bistrto
- bisttrot
- bitsrot
- bsitrot
- ibstrot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bistrot - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bistrot", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).