bastards
\ˈbæs.tɚdz\
The verdict
“bastards” is uncommon French (frequency #80,914 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,914
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bastard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bastards · bastards · French
bastards · rank #80,914 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,914
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bassines
Nearest frequency peer: bassines (-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 « bastards »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- barista
barista
19,091 corpus weight
- Barnabas
Barnabas
19,090 corpus weight
- bassines
bassines
19,088 corpus weight
- bastards
bastards
19,087 corpus weight
- Bermudas
Bermudas
19,084 corpus weight
- beurrée
beurrée
19,083 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bastards » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bastards |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈbæs.tɚdz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bastards » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bastards is uncommon French at frequency #80,914 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈbæs.tɚdz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de bastard.".
bastards has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bastards, spelled B-A-S-T-A-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de bastard.
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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