Baum
\baʊ̯m\
The verdict
“Baum” is uncommon French (frequency #62,084 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,084
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbre : grand végétal dont le tronc est nu à la base et qui est chargé de branches et de feuilles à son sommet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baum · Baum · French
Baum · rank #62,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,084
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Baïkal
Nearest frequency peer: Baïkal (+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 « Baum »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Barnard
Barnard
37,923 corpus weight
- Baruch
Baruch
37,922 corpus weight
- Barèges
Barèges
37,921 corpus weight
- basketteurs
basketteurs
37,919 corpus weight
- Baum
Baum
37,917 corpus weight
- Baïkal
Baïkal
37,916 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Baum » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Baum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʊ̯m\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,084 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Baum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Baum is uncommon French at frequency #62,084 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʊ̯m\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Baum, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Baum, spelled B-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1Arbre : grand végétal dont le tronc est nu à la base et qui est chargé de branches et de feuilles à son sommet.
- 2Arbre : objet concret ayant la forme d’un arbre ou d’un tronc ; mât.
- 3Bôme : barre rigide prenant appui en bas du mât d’un bateau à voile et sur laquelle est fixée la bordure (partie inférieure) de la grand-voile).
- 4Arbre : abstraction, concept, représentation (graphique, diagramme) de caractère arborescent ; arborescence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Baum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der General Sherman Tree“ ist der voluminöseste lebende Baum der Erde.
Es gibt viele Bäume in diesem Wald!
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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