bauen
\ˈbaʊ̯ən\
The verdict
“bauen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construire, bâtir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bauen · bauen · French
bauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bauen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈbaʊ̯ən\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bauen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bauen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈbaʊ̯ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bauen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bauen, spelled B-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Construire, bâtir.
- 2Fabriquer.
- 3intransitif Construire, bâtir sa propre maison.
- 4Maintenir, renouveler un bâtiment existant.
- 5auf jemanden bauen: Avoir confiance en, se reposer sur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Warum sollten Sie ein Haus bauen?
Die Römer bauten Aquädukte, um ihre Städte mit Wasser zu versorgen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.