baragouin
/ˈbæɹəɡwæ̃/
"baragouin" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baragouin” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pidgin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-baragouin · baragouin · English
baragouin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | baragouin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæɹəɡwæ̃/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “baragouin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
baragouin is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbæɹəɡwæ̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
baragouin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French baragouin (“unintelligible speech or writing”). The correct English form is baragouin, spelled B-A-R-A-G-O-U-I-N.
Definition
- 1A pidgin.
- 2A pidgin.
- 3Unintelligible speech; gibberish, jargon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how baragouin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She spoke the rude French of the fishing villages, where the language lives chiefly as a baragouin, mingled often with words and forms belonging to many other tongues.
Now in almost every island the negro idiom is different. So often have some of the Antilles changed owners, moreover, that in them the negro has never been able to form a true patois. He had scarcely acquired some idea of the language of his first masters, when other rulers and another tongue were thrust upon him, and this may have occurred four or five t…
Etymology
Borrowed from French baragouin (“unintelligible speech or writing”).
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.