baccarat

/ˈbækəɹɑː/

//ˈbækəɹɑː// noun

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"baccarat" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“baccarat” is uncommon English (frequency #54,633 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,633
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms, usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt, and also bearing some similarities to blackjack.

Corpus desk

Index EN-baccarat · baccarat · English

baccarat · rank #54,633 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,633
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH badness

Nearest frequency peer: badness (+1 rank slots)

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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.

Long-tail ranks near “baccarat”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “baccarat” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baccarat
PropertyValue
Headwordbaccarat
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbækəɹɑː/
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,633
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “baccarat” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).baccaratfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “badness” (#54,634), “Azov” (#54,630), “bagger” (#54,636). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “baccarat” is #54,633. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baccarat is uncommon English at frequency #54,633 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbækəɹɑː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms, usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt, and also bearing some similarities to blackjack.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for baccarat, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in the 19th century. Borrowed from French baccarat, baccara, likely named after the French town Baccarat (noted for glassmaking) in Grand Est, of ultimately unclear and debated origin (first attested in 1291. (uncertain)). If by some Vulgar L… The correct English form is baccarat, spelled B-A-C-C-A-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms, usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt, and also bearing some similarities to blackjack.

Etymology

First attested in the 19th century. Borrowed from French baccarat, baccara, likely named after the French town Baccarat (noted for glassmaking) in Grand Est, of ultimately unclear and debated origin (first attested in 1291. (uncertain)). If by some Vulgar Latin *Bacchara, the town is possibly named from Latin Bacchi ara ("altar of Bacchus"; the original pagan reference of the name was forgotten), name of an ancient Roman castellum, of which there remains a relic called the "Tower of Bacha" on the heights of Deneuvre, from whence Baccarat is an ancient suburb. Other hypotheses have also been suggested, including descent from Celtic. Probably linked to Provençal baccara, although if the town etymology is correct, this may present some geographic difficulty.

This word in other languages

baccara(Français)Baccara(Deutsch)

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baccarat"?
"baccarat" is spelled B-A-C-C-A-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbækəɹɑː/.
What does "baccarat" mean?
As a noun, "baccarat" means: A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms, usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt, and also bearing some similarities to blackjack.
How do you pronounce "baccarat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baccarat" is /ˈbækəɹɑː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "baccarat"?
First attested in the 19th century. Borrowed from French baccarat, baccara, likely named after the French town Baccarat (noted for glassmaking) in Grand Est, of ultimately unclear and debated origin (first attested in 1291. (uncertain)). If by som... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baccarat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list