baguettes

/bæˈɡɛts/

//bæˈɡɛts// noun

"baguettes" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“baguettes” is uncommon English (frequency #62,693 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,693
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of baguette

Corpus desk

Index EN-baguettes · baguettes · English

baguettes · rank #62,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,693
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bagpipe

Nearest frequency peer: bagpipe (-1 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “baguettes”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baguettes
PropertyValue
Headwordbaguettes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bæˈɡɛts/
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,693
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “baguettes” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).baguettesfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “bagpipe” (#62,692), “barbera” (#62,695), “Ayub” (#62,690). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “baguettes” is #62,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baguettes is uncommon English at frequency #62,693 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bæˈɡɛts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of baguette".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for baguettes, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is baguettes, spelled B-A-G-U-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of baguette

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 "baguettes"?
"baguettes" is spelled B-A-G-U-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /bæˈɡɛts/.
What does "baguettes" mean?
As a noun, "baguettes" means: plural of baguette
How do you pronounce "baguettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baguettes" is /bæˈɡɛts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list