Bahamas
\ba.a.mas\
The verdict
“Bahamas” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,405 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #18,405
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pays des Antilles, situé dans l’océan Atlantique et constitué d’un archipel de 700 îles environ, bordé maritimement par les États-Unis à l’ouest-nord-ouest, Cuba au sud, Haïti et le territoire brit...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bahamas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ba.a.mas\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bahamas” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Bahamas is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.a.mas\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,405 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pays des Antilles, situé dans l’océan Atlantique et constitué d’un archipel de 700 îles environ, bordé maritimement par les États-Unis à l’ouest-nord-ouest, Cuba au sud, Haïti et le territoire brit...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bahamas, with forms such as "abhamas", "baahmas", and "bahaams". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Bahamas, spelled B-A-H-A-M-A-S.
Definition
- 1Pays des Antilles, situé dans l’océan Atlantique et constitué d’un archipel de 700 îles environ, bordé maritimement par les États-Unis à l’ouest-nord-ouest, Cuba au sud, Haïti et le territoire britannique des îles Turques et Caïques au sud-est. Sa capitale est Nassau.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abhamas,baahmas,bahaams,bahamass,bahammas,bahamsa,bahhamas,bahmaas,bbahamas,bhaamas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bahamas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “Bahamas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-H-A-M-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.a.mas\ (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
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.