Bayes
/beɪz/
"bayes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bayes” is uncommon English (frequency #52,171 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,171
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bayes · Bayes · English
Bayes · rank #52,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,171
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH banishing
Nearest frequency peer: banishing (-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 “Bayes”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bandicoot
bandicoot
47,833 corpus weight
- bangle
bangle
47,832 corpus weight
- banishing
banishing
47,831 corpus weight
- Bayes
Bayes
47,830 corpus weight
- beadle
beadle
47,828 corpus weight
- beautify
beautify
47,827 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bayes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bayes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /beɪz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bayes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bayes is uncommon English at frequency #52,171 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /beɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Bayes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Bayes, spelled B-A-Y-E-S.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2Thomas Bayes
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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