baude

\bod\

/\bod\/ noun

The verdict

“baude” is uncommon French (frequency #84,558 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,558
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lest attaché aux madragues.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baude · baude · French

baude · rank #84,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,558
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH basales

Nearest frequency peer: basales (-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 « baude »

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 « baude » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baude
PropertyValue
Headwordbaude
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bod\
Letters5
Frequency rank#84,558
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « baude » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « basales » (#84,557), « Bellefontaine » (#84,560), « baronnet » (#84,555). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baude » est au #84,558. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baude is uncommon French at frequency #84,558 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bod\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lest attaché aux madragues.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for baude in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 baude, spelled B-A-U-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lest attaché aux madragues.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’ordonnance de 1681 et l’arrêté de l’an IX ne laissent pas aux particuliers la faculté d’établir, quand, comme et où bon leur semble, des madragues. […] L’ordonnance défendait de placer aucunes madragues dans les ports ou autres lieux où elles pussent nuire à la navigation et d’y laisser, en levant les madragues, les pierres ou baudes qui y sont attachées.

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 "baude"?
"baude" is spelled B-A-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bod\.
What does "baude" mean?
As a noun, "baude" means: Lest attaché aux madragues.
How do you pronounce "baude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baude" is \bod\. 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 "baude", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list