baccalauréat

/\ba.ka.lɔ.ʁe.a\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,829

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

baccalauréat is aFrenchnoun. It means: Premier grade universitaire, qui s’effectue en trois ans. Pronounced \ba.ka.lɔ.ʁe.a\.

Key facts for baccalauréat
PropertyValue
Headwordbaccalauréat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ka.lɔ.ʁe.a\
Letters12
Frequency rank#10,829
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of baccalauréat in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for baccalauréat is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.ka.lɔ.ʁe.a\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,829 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for baccalauréat, with forms such as "abccalauréat", "bacaclauréat", and "bacalauréat". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 French form is baccalauréat, spelled B-A-C-C-A-L-A-U-R-É-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Premier grade universitaire, qui s’effectue en trois ans.
  2. 2
    Le terme s’applique également aux études supérieures de type court proposées par les Hautes Écoles de Belgique. Ce type d’études s’appelait autrefois graduat.
  3. 3
    Examen de fin d’études secondaires.
  4. 4
    Le premier degré qu’on prend dans une faculté, avant la licence et le doctorat.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abccalauréat,bacaclauréat,bacalauréat,baccaaluréat,baccalaruéat,baccalauraét,baccalaureat,baccalaurréat,baccalauréatt,baccalauréta,baccalauérat,baccallauréat,baccaluaréat,bacclaauréat,bbaccalauréat,bcacalauréat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for baccalauréat

Misspelling Variants of "baccalauréat"

abccalauréat12bacaclauréat12bacalauréat11baccaaluréat12baccalaruéat12baccalauraét12baccalaureat12baccalaurréat13
Misspelling Variants of "baccalauréat"

Frequency rank: #10,829 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baccalauréat"?
"baccalauréat" is spelled B-A-C-C-A-L-A-U-R-É-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ka.lɔ.ʁe.a\.
What does "baccalauréat" mean?
As a noun, "baccalauréat" means: Premier grade universitaire, qui s’effectue en trois ans.
What are common misspellings of "baccalauréat"?
Common misspellings include "abccalauréat", "bacaclauréat", "bacalauréat", "baccaaluréat", "baccalaruéat". The correct spelling is "baccalauréat".
How do you pronounce "baccalauréat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baccalauréat" is \ba.ka.lɔ.ʁe.a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baccalauréat" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.