bahut

\ba.y\

/\ba.y\/ noun

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The verdict

“bahut” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,698
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de coffre qui était couvert ordinairement de cuir et dont le couvercle était en voûte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bahut · bahut · French

bahut · rank #32,698 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,698
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH badass

Nearest frequency peer: badass (-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 « bahut »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bahut » 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).

bahut vs but
60% similar
bahut vs bat
60% similar
bahut vs bout
60% similar

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

Key facts for bahut
PropertyValue
Headwordbahut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.y\
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,698
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bahut »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bahutse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « badass » (#32,697), « balls » (#32,699), « aéronautiques » (#32,696). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bahut » est au #32,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around bahut (IPA \ba.y\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,698 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bahut, with forms such as "abhut", "bahhut", and "bahtu". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "but", "bat", "bout", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bahut, spelled B-A-H-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de coffre qui était couvert ordinairement de cuir et dont le couvercle était en voûte.
  2. 2
    Armoire ou buffet de forme ancienne.
  3. 3
    Appui dont le haut est bombé comme le couvercle d’un bahut.
  4. 4
    Mur bas qui porte une arcature à jour, une grille, ou qui surélève un comble pour faciliter l’écoulement des eaux de pluie.
  5. 5
    Forme bombée d’une couche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les bahuts, monsieur, répliqua l’architecte, les bahuts, meuble obligé d’une maison moyen âge ! Le moyen âge et le bahut sont inséparables ! Le bahut, madame, ajouta-t-il, en se tournant vers Malvina, le bahut, c’est le coffre au linge, l’armoire à glace, la commode, le secrétaire de nos aïeux. Le bahut et le prie-dieu, voilà la grande ébénisterie du xivᵉ…
  2. Hideusement masqués, ou bariolés à perdre tout aspect humain, ils s’étaient mis à danser autour de la place, en frappant des pieds sur le sol, une danse étrange et boitillante ; tout encore, un peu plus vite à chaque fois ; et les tambours avaient modifié et accéléré leur rythme, si bien qu’il devenait pareil au battement de la fièvre dans les oreilles ;…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abhut
  • bahhut
  • bahtu
  • bahutt
  • bauht
  • bbahut
  • bhaut

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bahut - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abhut2bahhut1bahtu2bahutt1bauht2bbahut1bhaut2
Edit distance from "bahut"

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 "bahut"?
"bahut" is spelled B-A-H-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.y\.
What does "bahut" mean?
As a noun, "bahut" means: Sorte de coffre qui était couvert ordinairement de cuir et dont le couvercle était en voûte.
What words are commonly confused with "bahut"?
"bahut" is commonly confused with "but", "bat", "bout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bahut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bahut" is \ba.y\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bahut" come from?
"bahut" 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 "bahut", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

balls#32,699birds#32,707apens#32,678amina#32,673

Similar misspelling depth

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

badass7 variantsattique7 variantsbuffle7 variantsalvin7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list