baguette

/\ba.ɡɛt\/ noun

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Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,276

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

baguette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible. Pronounced \ba.ɡɛt\. It ranks #9,276 in French word frequency. Often confused with barrette and brouette.

Key facts for baguette
PropertyValue
Headwordbaguette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ɡɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,276
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of baguette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for baguette is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.ɡɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,276 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 22 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for baguette, with forms such as "abguette", "bageutte", and "bagguette". 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, "barrette", "brouette", "baguettes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is baguette, spelled B-A-G-U-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  2. 2
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  3. 3
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  4. 4
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  5. 5
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  6. 6
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  7. 7
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  8. 8
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  9. 9
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  10. 10
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  11. 11
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  12. 12
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  13. 13
    Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
  14. 14
    Petit objet allongé à caractère distinctif.
  15. 15
    Petit objet allongé à caractère distinctif.
  16. 16
    Petit objet allongé à caractère distinctif.
  17. 17
    Tout objet long et fin de matière quelconque.
  18. 18
    Tout objet long et fin de matière quelconque.
  19. 19
    Tout objet long et fin de matière quelconque.
  20. 20
    Tout objet long et fin de matière quelconque.
  21. 21
    Tout objet long et fin de matière quelconque.
  22. 22
    Tout objet long et fin de matière quelconque.

Synonyms

bâtonhoussinevergemoulurepain français

This word in other languages

stick(English)verga(Español)Stab(Deutsch)vara(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abguette,bageutte,bagguette,baguete,baguetet,bagutete,baugette,bbaguette,bgauette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for baguette

Misspelling Variants of "baguette"

abguette8bageutte8bagguette9baguete7baguetet8bagutete8baugette8bbaguette9
Misspelling Variants of "baguette"

Frequency rank: #9,276 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baguette"?
"baguette" is spelled B-A-G-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ɡɛt\.
What does "baguette" mean?
As a noun, "baguette" means: Petit bâton mince, plus ou moins long et flexible.
What words are commonly confused with "baguette"?
"baguette" is commonly confused with "barrette", "brouette", "baguettes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baguette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baguette" is \ba.ɡɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baguette" come from?
"baguette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.