Baileys

name

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"baileys" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Baileys” is uncommon English (frequency #55,258 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,258
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-baileys · Baileys · English

Baileys · rank #55,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,258
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bahasa

Nearest frequency peer: Bahasa (-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 “Baileys”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Baileys
PropertyValue
HeadwordBaileys
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,258
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Baileys” 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).Baileysfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Bahasa” (#55,257), “bambino” (#55,259), “barbecued” (#55,260). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “Baileys” is #55,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Baileys is uncommon English at frequency #55,258 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of Bailey".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Baileys, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Bailey + -s The correct English form is Baileys, spelled B-A-I-L-E-Y-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of Bailey

Etymology

Bailey + -s

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 "Baileys"?
"Baileys" is spelled B-A-I-L-E-Y-S.
What does "Baileys" mean?
As a proper noun, "Baileys" means: plural of Bailey
What is the origin of the word "Baileys"?
Bailey + -s 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 "Baileys", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bambino#55,259Bartolo#55,263beleive#55,269arugula#55,245

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list