baux
\bo\
The verdict
“baux” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,408
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baux · baux · French
baux · rank #18,408 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,408
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH basiques
Nearest frequency peer: basiques (-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 « baux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Bahamas
Bahamas
81,596 corpus weight
- baignade
baignade
81,595 corpus weight
- basiques
basiques
81,594 corpus weight
- baux
baux
81,593 corpus weight
- before
before
81,592 corpus weight
- beige
beige
81,591 corpus weight
What this shows « baux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bo\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « baux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around baux (IPA \bo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,408 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bau.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for baux, with forms such as "abux", "bauxx", and "baxu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bu", "BX", "but", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is baux, spelled B-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de bau.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abux
- bauxx
- baxu
- bbaux
- buax
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baux - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).