bagre

/[ˈbaɣ̞ɾe]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,583

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bagre is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Squalius cephalus) Pez ciprínido, nativo de las aguas dulces de Europa y Asia, alcanzando los 60 cm de largo y los 8 kg de peso Pronounced [ˈbaɣ̞ɾe]. Often confused with bre and base.

Key facts for bagre
PropertyValue
Headwordbagre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaɣ̞ɾe]
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,583
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bagre in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bagre is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaɣ̞ɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,583 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for bagre, with forms such as "abgre", "bager", and "baggre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bre", "base", "bate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bagre, spelled B-A-G-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Squalius cephalus) Pez ciprínido, nativo de las aguas dulces de Europa y Asia, alcanzando los 60 cm de largo y los 8 kg de peso
  2. 2
    (orden Siluriformes) Cualquiera de unas unas 2200 especies de peces, mayoritariamente de agua dulce, caracterizados por las barbillas que crecen a ambos lados de la boca. Son carroñeros nocturnos, y alcanzan grandes tamaños
  3. 3
    Mujer fea.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abgre,bager,baggre,bagrre,barge,bbagre,bgare,vagre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bagre

Misspelling Variants of "bagre"

abgre5bager5baggre6bagrre6barge5bbagre6bgare5vagre5
Misspelling Variants of "bagre"

Frequency rank: #47,583 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bagre"?
"bagre" is spelled B-A-G-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaɣ̞ɾe].
What does "bagre" mean?
As a noun, "bagre" means: (Squalius cephalus) Pez ciprínido, nativo de las aguas dulces de Europa y Asia, alcanzando los 60 cm de largo y los 8 kg de peso
What words are commonly confused with "bagre"?
"bagre" is commonly confused with "bre", "base", "bate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bagre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bagre" is [ˈbaɣ̞ɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bagre" come from?
"bagre" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.