Which to use
“Bild” and “blé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,199
- “Bild” frequency rank
- #5,427
- “blé” frequency rank
- 42626
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Bild | blé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Image. | Terme générique qui désigne plusieurs céréales appartenant au genre Triticum. Ce sont des plantes annuelles de la famille des graminées ou Poacées, cultivées dans de très nombreux pays pour obtenir de la farine permettant de faire du pain. |
Where the eye mixes Bild and blé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Bild and blé
A purely visual mix-up. Bild (\bɪlt\) and blé (\ble\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Bild is recorded at frequency rank #37,199, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɪlt\. blé is at rank #5,427, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ble\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 42626, this pair ranks #224,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Bild vs blé
Shared letters: bl. Private to "Bild": di. Private to "blé": é.
"Bild" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "blé" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Bild ← bbild · bidl · bildd · billd · blid · ibld
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Bild" and "blé" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "Bild" or "blé" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Bild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Bild" and "blé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bild vs bold". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #224,190 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.