baud
/bɔːd/
"baud" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baud” is uncommon English (frequency #64,202 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,202
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
Corpus desk
Index EN-baud · baud · English
baud · rank #64,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,202
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH bated
Nearest frequency peer: bated (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “baud”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- badgering
badgering
35,805 corpus weight
- Bakken
Bakken
35,804 corpus weight
- baptizing
baptizing
35,803 corpus weight
- Barossa
Barossa
35,802 corpus weight
- bated
bated
35,800 corpus weight
- baud
baud
35,799 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “baud” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baud |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɔːd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baud” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
baud is uncommon English at frequency #64,202 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɔːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for baud in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903). The correct English form is baud, spelled B-A-U-D.
Definition
- 1A unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
- 2bps (bits per second), regardless of how many bits are represented by each symbol.
Etymology
Borrowed from French baud. Named for French inventor Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903).
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.