dépôt de bilan

\de.po də bi.lɑ̃\

/\de.po də bi.lɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“dépôt de bilan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancienne appellation d’une cessation des paiements en droit français.

Key facts for dépôt de bilan
PropertyValue
Headworddépôt de bilan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.po də bi.lɑ̃\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dépôt de bilan” sits in French frequency

dépôt de bilan falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dépôt de bilan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.po də bi.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancienne appellation d’une cessation des paiements en droit français.".

dépôt de bilan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dépôt de bilan, spelled D-É-P-Ô-T- -D-E- -B-I-L-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancienne appellation d’une cessation des paiements en droit français.

Synonyms

cessation de paiementcessation des paiements

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dépôt de bilan"?
"dépôt de bilan" is spelled D-É-P-Ô-T- -D-E- -B-I-L-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \de.po də bi.lɑ̃\.
What does "dépôt de bilan" mean?
As a noun, "dépôt de bilan" means: Ancienne appellation d’une cessation des paiements en droit français.
How do you pronounce "dépôt de bilan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dépôt de bilan" is \de.po də bi.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dépôt de bilan" come from?
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Using “dépôt de bilan”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-É-P-Ô-T- -D-E- -B-I-L-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \de.po də bi.lɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list