bobine

/\bɔ.bin\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,649

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bobine is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit cylindre de bois qui est garni d’un rebord à ses deux extrémités et qui sert à filer au rouet, à dévider du fil, de la soie, de l’or, etc. Pronounced \bɔ.bin\. Often confused with bone and bonne.

Key facts for bobine
PropertyValue
Headwordbobine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɔ.bin\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,649
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bobine in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bobine is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɔ.bin\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,649 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for bobine, with forms such as "bbobine", "bboine", and "bobbine". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bone", "bonne", "boîte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bobine, spelled B-O-B-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit cylindre de bois qui est garni d’un rebord à ses deux extrémités et qui sert à filer au rouet, à dévider du fil, de la soie, de l’or, etc.
  2. 2
    Cylindre de bois, de plastique, de métal, etc., avec ou sans rebord, servant à y enrouler des produits tels que du fil (végétal, synthétique, de fer, électrique, etc.), de la corde, de la ficelle, de la pellicule, de la bande magnétique, du ruban adhésif, etc.
  3. 3
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
  4. 4
    Cylindre autour duquel s’enroulent des fils métalliques qui servent à conduire un courant électrique.
  5. 5
    Cylindre autour duquel s’enroulent des fils métalliques qui servent à conduire un courant électrique.
  6. 6
    Tambour cylindrique sur lequel s’enroule le fil de fer ou d’acier après son passage dans la filière.
  7. 7
    Visage ; tête.
  8. 8
    La suite de jours de la vie, par allusion aux Parques.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbobine,bboine,bobbine,bobien,bobinne,bobnie,boibne,obbine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bobine

Misspelling Variants of "bobine"

bbobine7bboine6bobbine7bobien6bobinne7bobnie6boibne6obbine6
Misspelling Variants of "bobine"

Frequency rank: #20,649 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bobine"?
"bobine" is spelled B-O-B-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɔ.bin\.
What does "bobine" mean?
As a noun, "bobine" means: Petit cylindre de bois qui est garni d’un rebord à ses deux extrémités et qui sert à filer au rouet, à dévider du fil, de la soie, de l’or, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "bobine"?
"bobine" is commonly confused with "bone", "bonne", "boîte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bobine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bobine" is \bɔ.bin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bobine" come from?
"bobine" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.