Baikal
/baɪˈkæl/
"baikal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Baikal” is uncommon English (frequency #57,878 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,878
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large freshwater lake in Siberia, Russia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Baikal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /baɪˈkæl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Baikal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Baikal is uncommon English at frequency #57,878 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /baɪˈkæl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Baikal, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian Байка́л (Bajkál, “Baikal”), from Buryat Байгал нуур (Bajgal nuur, “Lake Baikal”), perhaps ultimately from the Turkic *bāy (“rich”), and *köl, *kȫl (“lake”), with reference to the abundance of high-quality salmon in the lake. The Turkic origin i… The correct English form is Baikal, spelled B-A-I-K-A-L.
Definition
- 1A large freshwater lake in Siberia, Russia.
- 2Baikal (Soviet and Russian non-alcoholic beverage)
Etymology
From Russian Байка́л (Bajkál, “Baikal”), from Buryat Байгал нуур (Bajgal nuur, “Lake Baikal”), perhaps ultimately from the Turkic *bāy (“rich”), and *köl, *kȫl (“lake”), with reference to the abundance of high-quality salmon in the lake. The Turkic origin is rejected by Vasmer. Native Mongolic origins have also been proposed.
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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.
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Using “Baikal”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-A-I-K-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.