baignoire
\bɛ.ɲwaʁ\
The verdict
“baignoire” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #11,529 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,529
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Récipient dans lequel on prend des bains de corps.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baignoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ.ɲwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baignoire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for baignoire is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɛ.ɲwaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,529 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for baignoire, with forms such as "abignoire", "baginoire", and "baiggnoire". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is baignoire, spelled B-A-I-G-N-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Récipient dans lequel on prend des bains de corps.
- 2Dans les salles de spectacle, loge placée au rez-de-chaussée du théâtre.
- 3Abri de navigation intégré dans le massif d’un sous-marin d’où s’effectue la veille optique quand il navigue en surface. Exposé aux paquets de mer (d’où son appellation de baignoire), cet abri de navigation est complètement rempli d’eau quand le sous-marin est en plongée.
- 4Cockpit d’un voilier.
- 5Supplice de la baignoire : Méthode de torture où le supplicié attaché sur une chaise est plongé la tête en avant dans une baignoire pleine d'eau jusqu’à suffocation.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abignoire,baginoire,baiggnoire,baigniore,baignnoire,baignoier,baignoirre,baignorie,baigonire,baingoire,bbaignoire,biagnoire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baignoire - 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.
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 “baignoire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-I-G-N-O-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɛ.ɲwaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.