baragouine

\ba.ʁa.ɡwin\

/\ba.ʁa.ɡwin\/ verb

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The verdict

“baragouine” is uncommon French (frequency #94,508 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,508
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe baragouiner.

Key facts for baragouine
PropertyValue
Headwordbaragouine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ba.ʁa.ɡwin\
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,508
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “baragouine” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). baragouine lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baragouine is uncommon French at frequency #94,508 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.ʁa.ɡwin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for baragouine in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is baragouine, spelled B-A-R-A-G-O-U-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe baragouiner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe baragouiner.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe baragouiner.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe baragouiner.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe baragouiner.

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 "baragouine"?
"baragouine" is spelled B-A-R-A-G-O-U-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁa.ɡwin\.
What does "baragouine" mean?
As a verb, "baragouine" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe baragouiner.
How do you pronounce "baragouine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baragouine" is \ba.ʁa.ɡwin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baragouine" come from?
"baragouine" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “baragouine”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-A-G-O-U-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ba.ʁa.ɡwin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list