baigneuse
\bɛ.ɲøz\
The verdict
“baigneuse” is uncommon French (frequency #88,357 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,357
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui se baigne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baigneuse · baigneuse · French
baigneuse · rank #88,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,357
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH baignes
Nearest frequency peer: baignes (-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 « baigneuse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- badiane
badiane
11,647 corpus weight
- bafouiller
bafouiller
11,646 corpus weight
- baignes
baignes
11,645 corpus weight
- baigneuse
baigneuse
11,644 corpus weight
- baillie
baillie
11,643 corpus weight
- baisable
baisable
11,642 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « baigneuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baigneuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ.ɲøz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « baigneuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
baigneuse is uncommon French at frequency #88,357 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛ.ɲøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for baigneuse, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is baigneuse, spelled B-A-I-G-N-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui se baigne.
- 2Celui qui tenait des bains publics.
- 3Celle qui fait le service dans un établissement de bains chauds ou froids, aussi bien que dans un établissement de bains de mer.
- 4Peignoir de bain, sortie de bain.
- 5Bonnet de femme.
- 6Sorte de plis fait comme ceux des bonnets nommés baigneuses.
- 7Lit en forme de baignoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how baigneuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Assise sur le lit, laissant, comme une baigneuse, pendre ses jambes nues, elle resta longtemps immobile et songeuse.
Ce leurre relève des procédures qui travaillent à artificialiser le texte, dont Proust s’attache à défamiliariser les poncifs, motif de la baigneuse ou travesti mythologique des grands de ce monde.
Synonyms
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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