baigneur

\bɛ.ɲœʁ\

/\bɛ.ɲœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“baigneur” is uncommon French (frequency #61,326 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,326
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui se baigne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baigneur · baigneur · French

baigneur · rank #61,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,326
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH barn

Nearest frequency peer: barn (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « baigneur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « baigneur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baigneur
PropertyValue
Headwordbaigneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛ.ɲœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,326
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « baigneur » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).baigneurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « barn » (#61,327), « Barrère » (#61,328), « avenants » (#61,323). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baigneur » est au #61,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baigneur is uncommon French at frequency #61,326 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛ.ɲœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for baigneur in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is baigneur, spelled B-A-I-G-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui se baigne.
  2. 2
    Celui qui tenait des bains publics.
  3. 3
    Celui qui fait le service dans un établissement de bains chauds ou froids, aussi bien que dans un établissement de bains de mer.
  4. 4
    Celui qui surveille ou assiste les personnes qui se baignent.
  5. 5
    Poupée représentant un bébé masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toute la rivière était pleine de baigneurs.
  2. Cette plage est commode pour les baigneurs.

This word in other languages

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 "baigneur"?
"baigneur" is spelled B-A-I-G-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛ.ɲœʁ\.
What does "baigneur" mean?
As a noun, "baigneur" means: Celui qui se baigne.
How do you pronounce "baigneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baigneur" is \bɛ.ɲœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baigneur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list