bavure

/\ba.vyʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,901

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

bavure is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petite trace que les joints des pièces d’un moule laissent sur l’objet moulé. Pronounced \ba.vyʁ\. Often confused with bure and bavures.

Key facts for bavure
PropertyValue
Headwordbavure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.vyʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,901
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bavure in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bavure is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.vyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,901 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for bavure, with forms such as "abvure", "bauvre", and "bavrue". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "bure", "bavures", "bravoure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is bavure, spelled B-A-V-U-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite trace que les joints des pièces d’un moule laissent sur l’objet moulé.
  2. 2
    Trace d’encre s’étalant en dehors d’un dessin ou du motif d’une lettre lors de l’impression ou de l’écriture.
  3. 3
    Action erronée aux répercussions graves.
  4. 4
    Bavure policière.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abvure,bauvre,bavrue,bavuer,bavurre,bavvure,bbavure,bvaure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bavure

Misspelling Variants of "bavure"

abvure6bauvre6bavrue6bavuer6bavurre7bavvure7bbavure7bvaure6
Misspelling Variants of "bavure"

Frequency rank: #25,901 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bavure"?
"bavure" is spelled B-A-V-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.vyʁ\.
What does "bavure" mean?
As a noun, "bavure" means: Petite trace que les joints des pièces d’un moule laissent sur l’objet moulé.
What words are commonly confused with "bavure"?
"bavure" is commonly confused with "bure", "bavures", "bravoure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bavure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bavure" is \ba.vyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bavure" come from?
"bavure" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.