biture
\bi.tyʁ\
The verdict
“biture” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Longueur de chaîne filant avec l’ancre au mouillage. ^([1])
Corpus desk
Index FR-biture · biture · French
biture · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | biture |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « biture » en français
Rare enough to double-check
biture is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bi.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
biture doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is biture, spelled B-I-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Longueur de chaîne filant avec l’ancre au mouillage. ^([1])
- 2État d’ivresse ; cuite.
- 3Vitesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how biture appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'ancre de veille de tribord, empennelée d'une ancre à jet, fut mouillée par bâbord-arrière pour servir d'ancre d’évitage ; elle avait une biture de 80 brasses.
La biture du week-end progresse chez les jeunes Suisses.
This word in other languages
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.