BMP

\be.ɛm.pe\

/\be.ɛm.pe\/ noun

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The verdict

“BMP” is uncommon French (frequency #76,369 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,369
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Format d'image matricielle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bmp · BMP · French

BMP · rank #76,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,369
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH blend

Nearest frequency peer: blend (-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 « BMP »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « BMP » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for BMP
PropertyValue
HeadwordBMP
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\be.ɛm.pe\
Letters3
Frequency rank#76,369
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « BMP » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.BMPtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « blend » (#76,368), « boardwalk » (#76,370), « blan » (#76,366). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « BMP » est au #76,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

BMP is uncommon French at frequency #76,369 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \be.ɛm.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

BMP doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is BMP, spelled B-M-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Format d'image matricielle.
  2. 2
    Bean dont la persistance a dû être programmée par le développeur.
  3. 3
    Heures d'enseignement qui ne sont pas suffisantes pour créer un poste complet au sein d'un établissement et qui sont affectées à un enseignant ou une enseignante venant de l'extérieur de l'établissement : d'un autre établissement (complément de service), stagiaire ou titulaire sur zone de remplacement (TZR).
  4. 4
    Véhicule de combat d’infanterie (VCI) russe.

This word in other languages

BMP(English)

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 "BMP"?
"BMP" is spelled B-M-P. The IPA pronunciation is \be.ɛm.pe\.
What does "BMP" mean?
As a noun, "BMP" means: Format d'image matricielle.
How do you pronounce "BMP"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "BMP" is \be.ɛm.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "BMP" come from?
"BMP" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bog#76,372bul#76,385CGP#76,413aro#76,322

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list