bayan
noun
bayan is spelled B-A-Y-A-N: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bayan means “A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bayan is bayans.
How many letters and syllables are in bayan?
| Letters | 5: B-A-Y-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bayan?
Bayan appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with bayan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bayan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: banya.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bayan
- bayans plural
- baian
- bajan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bayan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century.
- 2
A lecture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bayan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a Russian accordion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bayan |
| German | Bajan |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bayan come from?
From Russian бая́н (baján); named after the 11th-century bard Boyan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).