baguettes

\ba.ɡɛt\

/\ba.ɡɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“baguettes” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,628
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de baguette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baguettes · baguettes · French

baguettes · rank #17,628 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,628
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baissent

Nearest frequency peer: baissent (+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 « baguettes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « baguettes » 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).

baguettes vs braguette
78% similar
baguettes vs barrettes
78% similar
baguettes vs banquettes
80% similar

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

Key facts for baguettes
PropertyValue
Headwordbaguettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ɡɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,628
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « baguettes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).baguettesse 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 « baissent » (#17,629), « barbu » (#17,630), « aspirer » (#17,625). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baguettes » est au #17,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around baguettes (IPA \ba.ɡɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,628 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for baguettes, with forms such as "abguettes", "bageuttes", and "bagguettes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "braguette", "barrettes", "banquettes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is baguettes, spelled B-A-G-U-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de baguette.
  2. 2
    Châtiment militaire appliqué jusqu’au XIXᵉ siècle qui consistait à faire passer un soldat entre deux rangs de ses camarades qui le frappaient à coups de bâton.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sergent fut prêt : prenant des conseils auprès de la station piscicole du Service de la pêche, surfant sur Internet et surtout bricolant le dispositif de base pour la reproduction des alevines – une boîte à biscuit métallique (à l’effigie du Pape Jean XXIII), dans laquelle il a inséré une claie en plastique avec des baguettes de verre et percé des trous,…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abguettes
  • bageuttes
  • bagguettes
  • baguetes
  • baguetets
  • baguettess
  • baguettse
  • bagutetes
  • baugettes
  • bbaguettes
  • bgauettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abguettes2bageuttes2bagguettes1baguetes1baguetets2baguettess1baguettse2bagutetes2
Edit distance from "baguettes"

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 "baguettes"?
"baguettes" is spelled B-A-G-U-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ɡɛt\.
What does "baguettes" mean?
As a noun, "baguettes" means: Pluriel de baguette.
What words are commonly confused with "baguettes"?
"baguettes" is commonly confused with "braguette", "barrettes", "banquettes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baguettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baguettes" is \ba.ɡɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baguettes" come from?
"baguettes" 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 "baguettes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list