baigneur
\bɛ.ɲœʁ\
The verdict
“baigneur” is uncommon French (frequency #61,326 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,326
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui se baigne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baigneur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ.ɲœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baigneur” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
baigneur is uncommon French at frequency #61,326 among 227,490 “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
- 1Celui qui se baigne.
- 2Celui qui tenait des bains publics.
- 3Celui qui fait le service dans un établissement de bains chauds ou froids, aussi bien que dans un établissement de bains de mer.
- 4Celui qui surveille ou assiste les personnes qui se baignent.
- 5Poupée représentant un bébé masculin.
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.
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Using “baigneur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-I-G-N-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɛ.ɲœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.