bailliage

\ba.jaʒ\

/\ba.jaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bailliage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,776
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tribunal composé de juges qui rendaient la justice au nom du bailli ou avec le bailli.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bailliage · bailliage · French

bailliage · rank #22,776 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,776
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH aérodrome

Nearest frequency peer: aérodrome (-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 « bailliage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bailliage » 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
Key facts for bailliage
PropertyValue
Headwordbailliage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.jaʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,776
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bailliage »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aérodrome » (#22,775), « basta » (#22,777), « Auditorium » (#22,774). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bailliage » est au #22,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bailliage (IPA \ba.jaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,776 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bailliage, with forms such as "abilliage", "bailiage", and "baililage". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bailliage, spelled B-A-I-L-L-I-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tribunal composé de juges qui rendaient la justice au nom du bailli ou avec le bailli.
  2. 2
    Étendue de pays qui était sous la juridiction d’un bailli.
  3. 3
    Maison dans laquelle le bailli ou son lieutenant rendait la justice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Procureur du roi au bailliage.
  2. Ce 5 septembre 2025, une trentaine de pêcheurs se sont rassemblés devant la criée de Granville pour dénoncer les nouvelles mesures annoncées par le baillage de Jersey. Il prévoit d'interdire les arts trainants dans plusieurs zones à l'est de l'île, là où vont pêcher les bateaux normands.

This word in other languages

bailiwick(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abilliage
  • bailiage
  • baililage
  • baillaige
  • bailliaeg
  • bailliagge
  • bailligae
  • baliliage
  • bbailliage
  • bialliage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bailliage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abilliage2bailiage1baililage2baillaige2bailliaeg2bailliagge1bailligae2baliliage2
Edit distance from "bailliage"

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 "bailliage"?
"bailliage" is spelled B-A-I-L-L-I-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.jaʒ\.
What does "bailliage" mean?
As a noun, "bailliage" means: Tribunal composé de juges qui rendaient la justice au nom du bailli ou avec le bailli.
What are common misspellings of "bailliage"?
Common misspellings include "abilliage", "bailiage", "baililage", "baillaige", "bailliaeg". The correct spelling is "bailliage".
How do you pronounce "bailliage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bailliage" is \ba.jaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bailliage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aérodrome#22,775armements#22,770apprêtait#22,768allusions#22,765

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

califat10 variantsciterne10 variantsévacués10 variantsépineux10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list