badin
\ba.dɛ̃\
The verdict
“badin” is uncommon French (frequency #59,812 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,812
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime à badiner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-badin · badin · French
badin · rank #59,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,812
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH babyfoot
Nearest frequency peer: babyfoot (-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 « badin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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40,194 corpus weight
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aérés
40,191 corpus weight
- babyfoot
babyfoot
40,190 corpus weight
- badin
badin
40,189 corpus weight
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barbelé
40,186 corpus weight
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baroud
40,185 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « badin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | badin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ba.dɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « badin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
badin is uncommon French at frequency #59,812 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ba.dɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
badin has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is badin, spelled B-A-D-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui aime à badiner.
- 2Qualifie le ton, les manières, le style, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how badin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manon, qui était badine, fut sur le point, plusieurs fois, de gâter tout par ses éclats de rire.
Akaki Akakiévitch avançait plein d’une humeur badine, il voulut même courir, d’un coup, Dieu seul savait pourquoi, après une dame qui, tel un éclair, passa devant lui et dont toutes les parties du corps étaient animées d’un mouvement extraordinaire.
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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