bagne

\baɲ\

/\baɲ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bagne” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,066
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu de travaux forcés ; lieu où l’on tenait les forçats à la chaîne, où l’on renfermait les forçats après le travail.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bagne · bagne · French

bagne · rank #28,066 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,066
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH aya

Nearest frequency peer: aya (-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 « bagne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bagne » 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).

bagne vs ban
60% similar
bagne vs Base
40% similar
bagne vs bain
60% similar

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

Key facts for bagne
PropertyValue
Headwordbagne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\baɲ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,066
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bagne »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bagnese 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 « aya » (#28,065), « barbelés » (#28,067), « autels » (#28,064). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bagne » est au #28,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around bagne (IPA \baɲ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,066 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bagne, with forms such as "abgne", "bagen", and "baggne". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ban", "Base", "bain", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bagne, spelled B-A-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu de travaux forcés ; lieu où l’on tenait les forçats à la chaîne, où l’on renfermait les forçats après le travail.
  2. 2
    Lieu ou situation où il est vécu comme odieux de séjourner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous avions pour jardinier un ancien forçat que sa bonne conduite au bagne avait racheté de ses fautes.
  2. Fernando de Noronha étant le bagne brésilien de l’État de Pernambuco, nous obtenons du directeur du pénitencier que deux cents forçats soient mis à notre disposition.

This word in other languages

penal colony(English)penal(Español)Strafkolonie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abgne
  • bagen
  • baggne
  • bagnne
  • bange
  • bbagne
  • bgane

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bagne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abgne2bagen2baggne1bagnne1bange2bbagne1bgane2
Edit distance from "bagne"

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 "bagne"?
"bagne" is spelled B-A-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \baɲ\.
What does "bagne" mean?
As a noun, "bagne" means: Lieu de travaux forcés ; lieu où l’on tenait les forçats à la chaîne, où l’on renfermait les forçats après le travail.
What words are commonly confused with "bagne"?
"bagne" is commonly confused with "ban", "Base", "bain". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bagne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bagne" is \baɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bagne" come from?
"bagne" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

barge#28,069bazin#28,071Aquin#28,053bâtit#28,084

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Adler7 variantscites7 variantsétirer7 variantsélues7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list