badie
\ba.ˈdje\
The verdict
“badie” is uncommon French (frequency #78,159 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,159
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de badia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | badie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ˈdje\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “badie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
badie is uncommon French at frequency #78,159 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ˈdje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de badia.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for badie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is badie, spelled B-A-D-I-E.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de badia.
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.
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Using “badie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-D-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.ˈdje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.