baggy

\ba.ɡi\

/\ba.ɡi\/ noun

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The verdict

“baggy” is uncommon French (frequency #71,268 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,268
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de pantalon à taille basse, le souvent réalisé en coupe droite au confort très large des hanches jusqu'au bas de pantalon.

Key facts for baggy
PropertyValue
Headwordbaggy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ɡi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#71,268
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “baggy” 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). baggy lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baggy is uncommon French at frequency #71,268 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ɡi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for baggy, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is baggy, spelled B-A-G-G-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de pantalon à taille basse, le souvent réalisé en coupe droite au confort très large des hanches jusqu'au bas de pantalon.
  2. 2
    Genre musical influencé par le Madchester ayant émergé à la fin des années 1980 au Royaume-Uni à Manchester.

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 "baggy"?
"baggy" is spelled B-A-G-G-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ɡi\.
What does "baggy" mean?
As a noun, "baggy" means: Sorte de pantalon à taille basse, le souvent réalisé en coupe droite au confort très large des hanches jusqu'au bas de pantalon.
How do you pronounce "baggy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baggy" is \ba.ɡi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baggy" come from?
"baggy" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “baggy”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-G-G-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ba.ɡi\ (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list