bagagiste

\ba.ɡa.ʒist\

/\ba.ɡa.ʒist\/ noun

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The verdict

“bagagiste” is uncommon French (frequency #72,094 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,094
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui s’occupe des bagages dans un aéroport ou dans un hôtel.

Key facts for bagagiste
PropertyValue
Headwordbagagiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ɡa.ʒist\
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,094
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bagagiste” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bagagiste lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bagagiste is uncommon French at frequency #72,094 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ɡa.ʒist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bagagiste, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 bagagiste, spelled B-A-G-A-G-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui s’occupe des bagages dans un aéroport ou dans un hôtel.
  2. 2
    Personne chargée de transporter les denrées, les sacs ou les bagagistes, dans les marchés.
  3. 3
    Fabricant de bagages.

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 "bagagiste"?
"bagagiste" is spelled B-A-G-A-G-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ɡa.ʒist\.
What does "bagagiste" mean?
As a noun, "bagagiste" means: Personne qui s’occupe des bagages dans un aéroport ou dans un hôtel.
How do you pronounce "bagagiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bagagiste" is \ba.ɡa.ʒist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bagagiste" come from?
"bagagiste" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “bagagiste”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-G-A-G-I-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ba.ɡa.ʒist\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list