baker

\bɛ.ke\

/\bɛ.ke\/ verb

The verdict

“baker” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,111
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fixer (l’éclairage, les réflexions, etc.) dans la texture d’un objet afin d’améliorer les performances de rendu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baker · baker · French

baker · rank #13,111 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,111
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bach

Nearest frequency peer: Bach (-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 « baker »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « baker » 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).

baker vs bar
60% similar
baker vs ber
60% similar
baker vs Base
40% similar

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

Key facts for baker
PropertyValue
Headwordbaker
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɛ.ke\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,111
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « baker »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bakerse 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 « Bach » (#13,110), « basant » (#13,112), « atroce » (#13,109). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baker » est au #13,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around baker (IPA \bɛ.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,111 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fixer (l’éclairage, les réflexions, etc.) dans la texture d’un objet afin d’améliorer les performances de rendu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for baker, with forms such as "abker", "baekr", and "bakerr". 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, "bar", "ber", "Base", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 baker, spelled B-A-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fixer (l’éclairage, les réflexions, etc.) dans la texture d’un objet afin d’améliorer les performances de rendu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voilà je modélise en ce moment un bâtiment pour un jeu et j'aimerais savoir comment baker les ombres avec blender, je savais le faire avec la version antérieure mais quand je refais les mêmes manips, il me dit "no objects or images found to bake to"
  2. J'aurais voulu savoir comment baker un PTC en mode color bleeding mais avec la possibilité de pouvoir faire du multi-bounce ?

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abker
  • baekr
  • bakerr
  • bakker
  • bakre
  • bbaker
  • bkaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abker2baekr2bakerr1bakker1bakre2bbaker1bkaer2
Edit distance from "baker"

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 "baker"?
"baker" is spelled B-A-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛ.ke\.
What does "baker" mean?
As a verb, "baker" means: Fixer (l’éclairage, les réflexions, etc.) dans la texture d’un objet afin d’améliorer les performances de rendu.
What words are commonly confused with "baker"?
"baker" is commonly confused with "bar", "ber", "Base". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baker" is \bɛ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baker" come from?
"baker" 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 "baker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list