Baumann

name

The verdict

“Baumann” is uncommon French (frequency #59,105 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,105
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baumann · Baumann · French

Baumann · rank #59,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,105
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baudet

Nearest frequency peer: baudet (-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 « Baumann »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Baumann
PropertyValue
HeadwordBaumann
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,105
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Baumann » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Baumanntombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « baudet » (#59,104), « bazaar » (#59,106), « batraciens » (#59,102). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Baumann » est au #59,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Baumann is uncommon French at frequency #59,105 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille allemand.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Baumann in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 Baumann, spelled B-A-U-M-A-N-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille allemand.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Végétalisation biodiverse et biosolaire des toitures par Nathalie Baumann, Philippe Peiger aux éditions Eyrolles.

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 "Baumann"?
"Baumann" is spelled B-A-U-M-A-N-N.
What does "Baumann" mean?
As a proper noun, "Baumann" means: Nom de famille allemand.
What language does "Baumann" come from?
"Baumann" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list