built
\ˈbɪlt\
The verdict
“built” is uncommon French (frequency #53,827 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,827
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prétérit du verbe build.
Corpus desk
Index FR-built · built · French
built · rank #53,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,827
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Buren
Nearest frequency peer: Buren (+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 « built »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- broutilles
broutilles
46,177 corpus weight
- Browne
Browne
46,176 corpus weight
- built
built
46,174 corpus weight
- Buren
Buren
46,173 corpus weight
- busta
busta
46,172 corpus weight
- butor
butor
46,171 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « built » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | built |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈbɪlt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « built » en français
Rare enough to double-check
built is uncommon French at frequency #53,827 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈbɪlt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for built in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 built, spelled B-U-I-L-T.
Definition
- 1Prétérit du verbe build.
- 2Participe passé du verbe build.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).