bagou
\ba.ɡu\
The verdict
“bagou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bavardage où il entre de la hardiesse, de l’effronterie, et même quelque envie de faire illusion ou de duper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bagou · bagou · French
bagou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bagou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ɡu\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bagou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bagou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ɡu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bagou doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bagou, spelled B-A-G-O-U.
Definition
- 1Bavardage où il entre de la hardiesse, de l’effronterie, et même quelque envie de faire illusion ou de duper.
- 2Ragots.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bagou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’a pas d’esprit, ni de connaissances réelles, il n’a que du bagou.
"Elle a du bagou, elle peut parler pendant des heures sans jamais manquer d'arguments."
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.