baudrier
\bo.dʁi.je\
The verdict
“baudrier” is uncommon French (frequency #57,780 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,780
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bande de buffle, de cuir ou d’étoffe qui se porte en écharpe et qui sert à soutenir le sabre ou l’épée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baudrier · baudrier · French
baudrier · rank #57,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,780
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH battront
Nearest frequency peer: battront (-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 « baudrier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- barbaresques
barbaresques
42,224 corpus weight
- battront
battront
42,222 corpus weight
- baudrier
baudrier
42,221 corpus weight
- Belliard
Belliard
42,220 corpus weight
- Bentham
Bentham
42,219 corpus weight
- benzodiazép…
benzodiazépines
42,218 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « baudrier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baudrier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bo.dʁi.je\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « baudrier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
baudrier is uncommon French at frequency #57,780 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bo.dʁi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for baudrier, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is baudrier, spelled B-A-U-D-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bande de buffle, de cuir ou d’étoffe qui se porte en écharpe et qui sert à soutenir le sabre ou l’épée.
- 2Équipement permettant de s’attacher ; harnais de sécurité.
- 3Cuir de vache pour les escarpins.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how baudrier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils étaient armés de sabres recourbés ayant la poignée et le baudrier incrustés d’or.
Lorenzo. – Je roule votre baudrier autour de votre épée, et je la mets sous votre chevet. Il est bon d’avoir toujours une arme sous la main. Il entortille le baudrier de manière à empêcher l’épée de sortir du fourreau.
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); 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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).