bobin
\bɔ.bɛ̃\
The verdict
“bobin” is uncommon French (frequency #73,771 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,771
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Métier pour tulle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bobin · bobin · French
bobin · rank #73,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,771
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bluegrass
Nearest frequency peer: bluegrass (-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 « bobin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- blades
blades
26,234 corpus weight
- blasphémer
blasphémer
26,233 corpus weight
- blavet
blavet
26,232 corpus weight
- bluegrass
bluegrass
26,231 corpus weight
- bobin
bobin
26,230 corpus weight
- bonhomie
bonhomie
26,227 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bobin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bobin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ.bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bobin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bobin is uncommon French at frequency #73,771 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bobin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bobin, spelled B-O-B-I-N.
Definition
- 1Métier pour tulle.
- 2Sorte de tulle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bobin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vers 1818 ou 1820, le métier Bobin fut inventé, en Angleterre, pour la fabrication des tulles unis en coton, vendus dans leur nouveauté à des prix exorbitants.
Cette manière de procéder s’applique au tulle désigné sous le nom de bobin, c’est-à-dire au tulle en douze mouvements par maille ; pour le point de Bruxelles, c’est-à-dire fait en vingt mouvements par maille…
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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