badaud
"badaud" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“badaud” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
Corpus desk
Index EN-badaud · badaud · English
badaud · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | badaud |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “badaud” in English
Rare enough to double-check
badaud is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.".
badaud doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Occitan to French From French badaud. The correct English form is badaud, spelled B-A-D-A-U-D.
Definition
- 1A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how badaud appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pall Mall Magazine a host of stories […] dealing chiefly with the subject of his great wealth, an ever delightful topic to the badauds of Paris.
Etymology
From Occitan to French From French badaud.
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.