bavard

\ba.vaʁ\

/\ba.vaʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“bavard” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,121
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a l’habitude de bavarder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bavard · bavard · French

bavard · rank #24,121 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,121
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beckham

Nearest frequency peer: Beckham (+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 « bavard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bavard » 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).

bavard vs board
67% similar
bavard vs bazar
67% similar
bavard vs baver
67% similar

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

Key facts for bavard
PropertyValue
Headwordbavard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ba.vaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,121
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bavard »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bavardse 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 « Beckham » (#24,122), « baston » (#24,119), « Berlusconi » (#24,123). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bavard » est au #24,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bavard (IPA \ba.vaʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,121 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a l’habitude de bavarder.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bavard, with forms such as "abvard", "baavrd", and "bavadr". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "board", "bazar", "baver", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bavard, spelled B-A-V-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a l’habitude de bavarder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mettons dans la même classe les dialecticiens et les sophistes, gens qui font plus de bruit que tous les chaudrons de Dodone, et dont le moins babillard pourrait tenir tête aux vingt plus bavardes commères qu'on puisse trouver sous le ciel.
  2. Tout en procédant à sa toilette, elle parle toute seule, bavarde, gaie, animée, à cause qu’on est encore au printemps de la journée.

Synonyms

causantbabillardloquaceparlierprolixeverbeuxvolubile

Antonyms

taciturne

This word in other languages

talkative(English)parlanchín(Español)geschwätzig(Deutsch)tagarela(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abvard
  • baavrd
  • bavadr
  • bavardd
  • bavarrd
  • bavrad
  • bavvard
  • bbavard
  • bvaard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bavard - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abvard2baavrd2bavadr2bavardd1bavarrd1bavrad2bavvard1bbavard1
Edit distance from "bavard"

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 "bavard"?
"bavard" is spelled B-A-V-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.vaʁ\.
What does "bavard" mean?
As an adjective, "bavard" means: Qui a l’habitude de bavarder.
What words are commonly confused with "bavard"?
"bavard" is commonly confused with "board", "bazar", "baver". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bavard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bavard" is \ba.vaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bavard" come from?
"bavard" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

baston#24,119Baltes#24,118Bertin#24,124Apache#24,101

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

aperçue9 variantschiots9 variantsCollard9 variantsVérone9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list