pain bis
\pɛ̃ bi\
The verdict
“pain bis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pain fabriqué à partir de farines bises.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pain-bis · pain bis · French
pain bis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pain bis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ̃ bi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pain bis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pain bis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ̃ bi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pain bis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 pain bis, spelled P-A-I-N- -B-I-S.
Definition
- 1Pain fabriqué à partir de farines bises.
- 2Nourriture spirituelle de qualité inférieure, désagréable à assimiler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pain bis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec du laitage, des œufs, des herbes, du fromage, du pain bis et du vin passable, on est toujours sûr de bien me régaler
— N’était-ce point satiété ? dit Blazius, car d’ambroisie même on se dégoûte, et les dieux viennent manger sur terre le pain bis des humains.
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.