baas
noun, verb
baas is spelled B-A-A-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baas means “An employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of baas is baases.
How many letters and syllables are in baas?
| Letters | 4: B-A-A-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is baas?
Baas appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce baas?
Baas has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with baas?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as baas.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: saba, abas.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of baas
- baases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does baas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address).
- 2
plural of baa
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of baa
noun
- 1
Acronym of backup as a service.
- 2
Acronym of backend as a service.
noun
- 1
Initialism of Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does baas come from?
Borrowed from Afrikaans baas. Doublet of boss.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).