baignoires
\bɛ.ɲwaʁ\
The verdict
“baignoires” is uncommon French (frequency #51,291 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,291
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de baignoire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baignoires · baignoires · French
baignoires · rank #51,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,291
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH baisant
Nearest frequency peer: baisant (+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 « baignoires »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- attrapes
attrapes
48,714 corpus weight
- Atwood
Atwood
48,713 corpus weight
- augmentaient
augmentaient
48,712 corpus weight
- baignoires
baignoires
48,710 corpus weight
- baisant
baisant
48,709 corpus weight
- balayés
balayés
48,708 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « baignoires » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baignoires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ.ɲwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « baignoires » en français
Rare enough to double-check
baignoires is uncommon French at frequency #51,291 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛ.ɲwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de baignoire.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for baignoires, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is baignoires, spelled B-A-I-G-N-O-I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de baignoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how baignoires appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans ce qui sert parfois de lit au torrent, des blocs et dalles énormes de roches toutes creusées de cuvettes et baignoires naturelles, et dans ces trous, quelques laquets d’eau morte saumâtrisée par la chaleur, immobile sous l’air pesant et sans souffle, incrustant chaque jour plus bas dans la pierre le glauque et gluant revêtement de mucus et d’infusoir…
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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