Bayliss
/ˈbeɪlɪs/
"bayliss" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bayliss” is uncommon English (frequency #50,961 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,961
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bayliss · Bayliss · English
Bayliss · rank #50,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,961
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH batchelor
Nearest frequency peer: batchelor (-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 “Bayliss”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bassoon
bassoon
49,042 corpus weight
- batchelor
batchelor
49,041 corpus weight
- Bayliss
Bayliss
49,040 corpus weight
- beachy
beachy
49,039 corpus weight
- beefed
beefed
49,038 corpus weight
- Bellagio
Bellagio
49,037 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bayliss” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bayliss |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈbeɪlɪs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bayliss” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bayliss is uncommon English at frequency #50,961 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈbeɪlɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Bayliss in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French bailis, inflection of bailif (“bailiff, officer in a court of law”). The correct English form is Bayliss, spelled B-A-Y-L-I-S-S.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old French.
- 2An unincorporated community in Glenn County, California, United States.
Etymology
From Old French bailis, inflection of bailif (“bailiff, officer in a court of law”).
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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