bacchante
\ba.kɑ̃t\
The verdict
“bacchante” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prêtresse de Bacchus célébrant la fête des bacchanales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bacchante · bacchante · French
bacchante · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | bacchante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.kɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bacchante is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.kɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bacchante, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 bacchante, spelled B-A-C-C-H-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Prêtresse de Bacchus célébrant la fête des bacchanales.
- 2Représentation artistique d’une telle prêtresse.
- 3Femme sans retenue, sans pudeur ; dévergondée.
- 4Type de moustache aux extrémités arrondies, toujours au pluriel.
- 5Papillon européen marron aux ocelles noirs cerclés de jaune (Lopinga achine).
- 6Nom vulgaire du Baccharis halimifolia (bacchante de Virginie), arbuste de la famille des astéracées et natif de la côte Est des États-Unis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bacchante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme autrefois une bacchante que l’esprit du dieu avoit saisie, couroit échevelée sur les montagnes qu’elle faisoit retentir de ses hurlements, la jalouse mère du jeune soleil se sent transportée de fureur.
L’artiste vit-il dans l’allure de cette donzelle un rien curieux de bacchante antique ?
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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.