baan
\ba:n\
The verdict
“baan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emploi, poste, travail, job.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baan · baan · French
baan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba:n\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
baan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba:n\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
baan has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is baan, spelled B-A-A-N.
Definition
- 1Emploi, poste, travail, job.
- 2Route, voie.
- 3Piste.
- 4Trajectoire.
- 5Convoyeur, tapis, transporteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how baan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gesubsidieerde baan.
Ik heb twee banen.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.