bitmap
\bit.map\
The verdict
“bitmap” is uncommon French (frequency #99,921 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,921
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Format de stockage d’image créé par Microsoft, où chaque point est décrit précisément, sans compression (ou alors avec une compression sans perte minimale).
Corpus desk
Index FR-bitmap · bitmap · French
bitmap · rank #99,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,921
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH blablater
Nearest frequency peer: blablater (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « bitmap »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bilharziose
bilharziose
83 corpus weight
- biosécurité
biosécurité
82 corpus weight
- bitmap
bitmap
80 corpus weight
- blablater
blablater
79 corpus weight
- blanket
blanket
78 corpus weight
- Blase
Blase
77 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bitmap » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bitmap |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bit.map\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bitmap » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bitmap is uncommon French at frequency #99,921 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bit.map\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for bitmap in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bitmap, spelled B-I-T-M-A-P.
Definition
- 1Format de stockage d’image créé par Microsoft, où chaque point est décrit précisément, sans compression (ou alors avec une compression sans perte minimale).
- 2Fichier contenant une image dans ce format (d’extension BMP sous Windows).
- 3Tableau de bits traités comme des booléens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bitmap appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bitmap ) fut conçu à l'origine pour le système X Window ( UNIX ) dans le but de fabriquer des icônes et des pointeurs de souris . Historiquement , le format XBM est , avec GIF , le premier format d'images du web
Un fichier vectoriel est beaucoup moins lourd qu’un bitmap. Les images simples, comme les logos, sont le plus souvent enregistrés dans ce mode.
Synonyms
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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