baas

\baːs\

/\baːs\/ noun

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The verdict

“baas” is uncommon French (frequency #64,253 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,253
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maître, patron.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baas · baas · French

baas · rank #64,253 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,253
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH aérobic

Nearest frequency peer: aérobic (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « baas »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « baas » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baas
PropertyValue
Headwordbaas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\baːs\
Letters4
Frequency rank#64,253
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « baas » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.baastombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « aérobic » (#64,252), « bafouille » (#64,254), « Azzedine » (#64,251). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baas » est au #64,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baas is uncommon French at frequency #64,253 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \baːs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maître, patron.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for baas, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is baas, spelled B-A-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maître, patron.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how baas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cornelia Hugo se précipita sur l’ancien sjambok du baas Pieter, un morceau de cuir d’hippopotame racorni qui musardait au milieu des fusils de chasse, au-dessus de la grande cheminée.
  2. Oh ! C'est sûr ! a dit Abel avec colère . Le baas pourra toujours alléger ton fardeau.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baas"?
"baas" is spelled B-A-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \baːs\.
What does "baas" mean?
As a noun, "baas" means: Maître, patron.
How do you pronounce "baas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baas" is \baːs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baas" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bait#64,255Baka#64,256ando#64,230Ader#64,218

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list