bagarre

\ba.ɡaʁ\

/\ba.ɡaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“bagarre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,070
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rencontre fortuite d'équipages, embarras de voitures.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bagarre · bagarre · French

bagarre · rank #8,070 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,070
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bataillon

Nearest frequency peer: bataillon (+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 « bagarre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bagarre » 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).

bagarre vs barre
71% similar
bagarre vs bizarre
71% similar
bagarre vs bigorre
71% similar

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

Key facts for bagarre
PropertyValue
Headwordbagarre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ɡaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,070
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bagarre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bagarrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bataillon » (#8,071), « Aquitaine » (#8,068), « Boulogne » (#8,072). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bagarre » est au #8,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around bagarre (IPA \ba.ɡaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,070 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bagarre, with forms such as "abgarre", "baagrre", and "bagare". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "barre", "bizarre", "bigorre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bagarre, spelled B-A-G-A-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rencontre fortuite d'équipages, embarras de voitures.
  2. 2
    Tumulte, mêlée bruyante et désordonnée.
  3. 3
    Querelle, rixe, lutte, opération difficile où se trouve impliqué un nombre limité d'antagonistes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous étions entrés dans la bagarre de quelques centaines de voitures d’enterremens, qui faisaient ensemble file à la porte étroite du cimetière, et, dans l’impossibilité de me retirer, il me fallut subir quelques heures d’attente au milieu de ce noir entourage.
  2. Les mœurs des compagnonnages furent longtemps fort remarquables par leur brutalité ; avant 1840, il y avait constamment des bagarres, souvent sanglantes, entre groupes de rites différents.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abgarre
  • baagrre
  • bagare
  • bagarer
  • baggarre
  • bagrare
  • bbagarre
  • bgaarre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bagarre - 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.

abgarre2baagrre2bagare1bagarer2baggarre1bagrare2bbagarre1bgaarre2
Edit distance from "bagarre"

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 "bagarre"?
"bagarre" is spelled B-A-G-A-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ɡaʁ\.
What does "bagarre" mean?
As a noun, "bagarre" means: Rencontre fortuite d'équipages, embarras de voitures.
What words are commonly confused with "bagarre"?
"bagarre" is commonly confused with "barre", "bizarre", "bigorre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bagarre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bagarre" is \ba.ɡaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bagarre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 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