baignade

\bɛ.ɲad\

/\bɛ.ɲad\/ noun

The verdict

“baignade” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,406. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,406
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de se baigner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baignade · baignade · French

baignade · rank #18,406 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,406
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bahamas

Nearest frequency peer: Bahamas (-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 « baignade »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « baignade » 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).

baignade vs baigne
75% similar
baignade vs brigade
75% similar
baignade vs baignée
75% similar

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

Key facts for baignade
PropertyValue
Headwordbaignade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛ.ɲad\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,406
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « baignade »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Bahamas » (#18,405), « basiques » (#18,407), « baux » (#18,408). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baignade » est au #18,406. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around baignade (IPA \bɛ.ɲad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,406 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de se baigner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for baignade, with forms such as "abignade", "baginade", and "baigande". 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, "baigne", "brigade", "baignée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is baignade, spelled B-A-I-G-N-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de se baigner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voici le Madon, affluent de la Moselle, dont les eaux limoneuses invitent peu à la baignade, malgré la grande chaleur.
  2. Il fit allusion coup sur coup au pont passerelle qui reliait jadis les deux rives, les parties de pêche, les baignades dans la rivière où l'on se « baquait à poil, les étés de plein cagnard ».

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abignade
  • baginade
  • baigande
  • baiggnade
  • baignadde
  • baignaed
  • baigndae
  • baignnade
  • baingade
  • bbaignade
  • biagnade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baignade - 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.

abignade2baginade2baigande2baiggnade1baignadde1baignaed2baigndae2baignnade1
Edit distance from "baignade"

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 "baignade"?
"baignade" is spelled B-A-I-G-N-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛ.ɲad\.
What does "baignade" mean?
As a noun, "baignade" means: Action de se baigner.
What words are commonly confused with "baignade"?
"baignade" is commonly confused with "baigne", "brigade", "baignée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baignade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baignade" is \bɛ.ɲad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baignade" come from?
"baignade" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baignade", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 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