baobabs

\ba.ɔ.bab\

/\ba.ɔ.bab\/ noun

The verdict

“baobabs” is uncommon French (frequency #86,451 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,451
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de baobab.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baobabs · baobabs · French

baobabs · rank #86,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,451
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bandicoot

Nearest frequency peer: bandicoot (-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 « baobabs »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « baobabs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baobabs
PropertyValue
Headwordbaobabs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ɔ.bab\
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,451
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « baobabs » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.baobabstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bandicoot » (#86,450), « baran » (#86,452), « baltringues » (#86,449). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baobabs » est au #86,451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baobabs is uncommon French at frequency #86,451 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ɔ.bab\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de baobab.".

Zero misspellings are on record for baobabs in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is baobabs, spelled B-A-O-B-A-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de baobab.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le matin venu, il prenait sa cognée et s’en allait aux baobabs il arrachait l’écorce d'un baobab, puis il préparait sa corde et il allait acheter son dîner, et il mangeait.

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 "baobabs"?
"baobabs" is spelled B-A-O-B-A-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ɔ.bab\.
What does "baobabs" mean?
As a noun, "baobabs" means: Pluriel de baobab.
How do you pronounce "baobabs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baobabs" is \ba.ɔ.bab\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list