bailli

\ba.ji\

/\ba.ji\/ noun

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The verdict

“bailli” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,214
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Officier royal ou seigneurial, au nom duquel la justice se rendait dans l’étendue d’une certaine juridiction (baillie) où il exerce par délégation un pouvoir administratif et militaire, et surtout ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-bailli · bailli · French

bailli · rank #25,214 · 6 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,214
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH babel

Nearest frequency peer: babel (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « bailli »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « bailli » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bailli vs ball
67% similar
bailli vs bali
67% similar
bailli vs balle
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bailli
PropertyValue
Headwordbailli
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ji\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,214
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bailli »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).baillise place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « babel » (#25,213), « bals » (#25,215), « bab » (#25,212). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bailli » est au #25,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bailli (IPA \ba.ji\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,214 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bailli, with forms such as "abilli", "baili", and "bailil". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ball", "bali", "balle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bailli, spelled B-A-I-L-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Officier royal ou seigneurial, au nom duquel la justice se rendait dans l’étendue d’une certaine juridiction (baillie) où il exerce par délégation un pouvoir administratif et militaire, et surtout des attributions judiciaires.
  2. 2
    Chevalier de l’ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem, revêtu d’une dignité qui le mettait au-dessus des commandeurs et qui lui donnait le privilège de porter la grand-croix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le bailli de Rouen.
  2. Le grand bailli de Vermandois.

This word in other languages

bailiff(English)Amtmann(Deutsch)intendente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abilli
  • baili
  • bailil
  • balili
  • bbailli
  • bialli

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bailli - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abilli2baili1bailil2balili2bbailli1bialli2
Edit distance from "bailli"

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 "bailli"?
"bailli" is spelled B-A-I-L-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ji\.
What does "bailli" mean?
As a noun, "bailli" means: Officier royal ou seigneurial, au nom duquel la justice se rendait dans l’étendue d’une certaine juridiction (baillie) où il exerce par délégation un pouvoir administratif et militaire, et surtout ...
What words are commonly confused with "bailli"?
"bailli" is commonly confused with "ball", "bali", "balle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bailli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bailli" is \ba.ji\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bailli" come from?
"bailli" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

barrée#25,217Bayeux#25,218Annick#25,198bouges#25,230

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

babel6 variantsarch6 variantsbones6 variantsCrif6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list