Baphomet
\ba.fɔ.mɛ\
The verdict
“Baphomet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné par les écrivains du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance à Mahomet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baphomet · Baphomet · French
Baphomet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Baphomet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ba.fɔ.mɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Baphomet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ba.fɔ.mɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Baphomet in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Baphomet, spelled B-A-P-H-O-M-E-T.
Definition
- 1Nom donné par les écrivains du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance à Mahomet.
- 2Idole qu’on prétendait adorée par les templiers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Baphomet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous confessez avoir adoré les têtes de Bophomet, ces abominables idoles des templiers ?
Le Baphomet des templiers, dont le nom doit s’écrire cabalistiquement en sens inverse, se compose de trois abréviations : tem ohp ab, templi omnium hominum pacis abbas, le père du temple de paix de tous les hommes.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.