Bathurst

name

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The verdict

“Bathurst” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,393. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,393
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville d’Afrique du Sud dans la province du Cap-oriental.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bathurst · Bathurst · French

Bathurst · rank #35,393 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,393
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH barbecues

Nearest frequency peer: barbecues (-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 « Bathurst »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Bathurst » 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
Key facts for Bathurst
PropertyValue
HeadwordBathurst
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,393
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Bathurst »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Bathurstse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « barbecues » (#35,392), « batista » (#35,394), « bancal » (#35,391). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bathurst » est au #35,393. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Bathurst, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,393 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bathurst, with forms such as "abthurst", "bahturst", and "bathhurst". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Bathurst, spelled B-A-T-H-U-R-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville d’Afrique du Sud dans la province du Cap-oriental.
  2. 2
    Ville d’Australie dans l’État de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud.
  3. 3
    Ville du Canada dans la province du Nouveau-Brunswick.
  4. 4
    Île de l’archipel arctique canadien au Nunavut.
  5. 5
    Ville du Canada dans la province d’Ontario.
  6. 6
    Ancien nom de Banjul, capitale de la Gambie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On m’envoya de ville en ville, de station en station, et ce fut seulement à Bathurst, dans l’intérieur, que je connus par hasard, le sort de ma mère.

This word in other languages

Bathurst(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abthurst
  • bahturst
  • bathhurst
  • bathrust
  • bathurrst
  • bathursst
  • bathurstt
  • bathurts
  • bathusrt
  • batthurst
  • batuhrst
  • bbathurst
  • btahurst

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abthurst2bahturst2bathhurst1bathrust2bathurrst1bathursst1bathurstt1bathurts2
Edit distance from "Bathurst"

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 "Bathurst"?
"Bathurst" is spelled B-A-T-H-U-R-S-T.
What does "Bathurst" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bathurst" means: Ville d’Afrique du Sud dans la province du Cap-oriental.
What are common misspellings of "Bathurst"?
Common misspellings include "abthurst", "bahturst", "bathhurst", "bathrust", "bathurrst". The correct spelling is "Bathurst".
What language does "Bathurst" come from?
"Bathurst" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

avancera#35,388blindées#35,400attachez#35,385anxieuse#35,377

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

barbecues13 variantscachaient13 variantscentrées13 variantscongelés13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list