baume

\bom\

/\bom\/ noun

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The verdict

“baume” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,420
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance résineuse et odorante qui coule de certains végétaux et qu’on emploie souvent en médecine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baume · baume · French

baume · rank #14,420 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,420
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Belfort

Nearest frequency peer: Belfort (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « baume »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « baume » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

baume vs bum
60% similar
baume vs bue
60% similar
baume vs blue
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for baume
PropertyValue
Headwordbaume
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bom\
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,420
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « baume »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).baumese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Belfort » (#14,421), « binaire » (#14,422), « augmentations » (#14,417). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baume » est au #14,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around baume (IPA \bom\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,420 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for baume, with forms such as "abume", "bamue", and "bauem". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bum", "bue", "blue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is baume, spelled B-A-U-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance résineuse et odorante qui coule de certains végétaux et qu’on emploie souvent en médecine.
  2. 2
    Certains médicaments composés, qui sont la plupart d’un usage externe et qui ont une odeur balsamique.
  3. 3
    Ce qui adoucit les peines ou dissipe les inquiétudes, les chagrins.
  4. 4
    Variété de menthe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En chimie, les baumes sont proprement des substances résineuses qui contiennent de l’acide benzoïque ou de l’acide cinnamique. En pharmacie, médicaments qui ont une odeur balsamique.
  2. Que sa liqueur [de la vigne] soit un baume de plus Versé par vous sur nos blessures.

Synonyms

balsamineadoucissementaromateconsolationhuilepalliatifpommaderemèdeélixir

This word in other languages

balm(English)bálsamo(Español)Balsam(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abume
  • bamue
  • bauem
  • baumme
  • bbaume
  • buame

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baume - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abume2bamue2bauem2baumme1bbaume1buame2
Edit distance from "baume"

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 "baume"?
"baume" is spelled B-A-U-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bom\.
What does "baume" mean?
As a noun, "baume" means: Substance résineuse et odorante qui coule de certains végétaux et qu’on emploie souvent en médecine.
What words are commonly confused with "baume"?
"baume" is commonly confused with "bum", "bue", "blue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baume"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baume" is \bom\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baume" come from?
"baume" 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 "baume", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Cindy#14,427della#14,444Willy#14,389doive#14,452

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

trail6 variantslaissa6 variantsMeaux6 variantsmoussa6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list