bagage

\ba.ɡaʒ\

/\ba.ɡaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“bagage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,317
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Équipage de voyage ou de guerre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bagage · bagage · French

bagage · rank #12,317 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,317
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH aériens

Nearest frequency peer: aériens (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bagage »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bagage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bagage vs bague
67% similar
bagage vs bagne
67% similar
bagage vs barge
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bagage
PropertyValue
Headwordbagage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ɡaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,317
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bagage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bagagese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aériens » (#12,316), « bagnole » (#12,318), « azote » (#12,315). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bagage » est au #12,317. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bagage (IPA \ba.ɡaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,317 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bagage, with forms such as "abgage", "baagge", and "bagaeg". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "bague", "bagne", "barge", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bagage, spelled B-A-G-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Équipage de voyage ou de guerre.
  2. 2
    Objet que l’on emporte en voyage.
  3. 3
    Mobilier de pauvres gens.
  4. 4
    Connaissances que l’on possède.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans la nuit du 26 au 27 août 1870, le général de Failly, Commandant en chef du 5ᵉ corps d’armée, reçut l’ordre de se diriger vers Bar-lès-Buzancy et de laisser au Chêne-Populeux ses bagages sous la garde d’un bataillon.
  2. Vers cet âge, il se faisait par semaine trois shillings et plus en portant les bagages des voyageurs à la station et en vendant la gazette hebdomadaire de la localité.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abgage
  • baagge
  • bagaeg
  • bagagge
  • baggae
  • baggage
  • bbagage
  • bgaage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bagage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abgage2baagge2bagaeg2bagagge1baggae2baggage1bbagage1bgaage2
Edit distance from "bagage"

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 "bagage"?
"bagage" is spelled B-A-G-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ɡaʒ\.
What does "bagage" mean?
As a noun, "bagage" means: Équipage de voyage ou de guerre.
What words are commonly confused with "bagage"?
"bagage" is commonly confused with "bague", "bagne", "barge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bagage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bagage" is \ba.ɡaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bagage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list