babine

\ba.bin\

/\ba.bin\/ noun

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The verdict

“babine” is uncommon French (frequency #92,451 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,451
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lèvre pendante de certains animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-babine · babine · French

babine · rank #92,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,451
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH babas

Nearest frequency peer: babas (-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 « babine »

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 « babine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for babine
PropertyValue
Headwordbabine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.bin\
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,451
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « babine » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « babas » (#92,450), « Badlands » (#92,453), « bahuts » (#92,454). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « babine » est au #92,451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

babine is uncommon French at frequency #92,451 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.bin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for babine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 babine, spelled B-A-B-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lèvre pendante de certains animaux.
  2. 2
    Lèvres humaines.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Parfois, certains gémissaient, en proie à des rêves inquiétants, et les chevaux ronflaient ou soufflaient en retroussant leurs babines.
  2. Un singe qui remue les babines.

This word in other languages

chops(English)belfo(Español)

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 "babine"?
"babine" is spelled B-A-B-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.bin\.
What does "babine" mean?
As a noun, "babine" means: Lèvre pendante de certains animaux.
How do you pronounce "babine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "babine" is \ba.bin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "babine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bahuts#92,454Avenel#92,446Authie#92,445atones#92,443

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list