bain
\bɛ̃\
The verdict
“bain” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,309. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,309
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de baigner ou de se baigner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bain · bain · French
bain · rank #2,309 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,309
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH associations
Nearest frequency peer: associations (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “bain”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- échec
échec
97,695 corpus weight
- amitié
amitié
97,694 corpus weight
- associations
associations
97,693 corpus weight
- bain
bain
97,692 corpus weight
- chances
chances
97,691 corpus weight
- construit
construit
97,690 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bain” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “bain” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around bain (IPA \bɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,309 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for bain, with forms such as "abin", "bainn", and "bani". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bi", "BN", "bon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bain, spelled B-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Action de baigner ou de se baigner.
- 2Baignoire.
- 3Cuve où il y a de l’eau et des drogues pour la teinture.
- 4Toute substance par l’intermédiaire de laquelle on chauffe un vase pour opérer la digestion ou la distillation de ce qu’il contient.
- 5En termes de chimie, de galvanoplastie, de peinture, de photographie, il signifie préparation liquide dans laquelle on plonge un corps.
- 6Climat, situation générale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Muni même d’un pain de savon, il prit, sur le bord d’un cours d’eau, hors la ville, son premier bain depuis seize mois.
Je ne mentionne que pour mémoire les nombreux bains forcés, les dégringolades sur les berges raides et glissantes, […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abin
- bainn
- bani
- bbain
- bian
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bain - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bain", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "bain". Here's where to go from here.
- "bain" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "bi". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,309 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.