bavures

\ba.vyʁ\

/\ba.vyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bavures” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,681
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bavure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bavures · bavures · French

bavures · rank #37,681 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,681
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bavaroise

Nearest frequency peer: bavaroise (-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 « bavures »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bavures » 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).

bavures vs barres
71% similar
bavures vs bagues
71% similar
bavures vs bavure
86% similar

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

Key facts for bavures
PropertyValue
Headwordbavures
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.vyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,681
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bavures »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bavaroise » (#37,680), « baye » (#37,682), « bastogne » (#37,679). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bavures » est au #37,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bavures (IPA \ba.vyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,681 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bavure.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bavures, with forms such as "abvures", "bauvres", and "bavrues". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "barres", "bagues", "bavure", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is bavures, spelled B-A-V-U-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bavure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En ce sens, les analphabètes actuels sont des précurseurs, non des « bavures » ; et ceux qui veulent les « désanalphabétiser » des nostalgiques.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abvures
  • bauvres
  • bavrues
  • bavuers
  • bavuress
  • bavurres
  • bavurse
  • bavvures
  • bbavures
  • bvaures

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bavures - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abvures2bauvres2bavrues2bavuers2bavuress1bavurres1bavurse2bavvures1
Edit distance from "bavures"

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 "bavures"?
"bavures" is spelled B-A-V-U-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.vyʁ\.
What does "bavures" mean?
As a noun, "bavures" means: Pluriel de bavure.
What words are commonly confused with "bavures"?
"bavures" is commonly confused with "barres", "bagues", "bavure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bavures"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bavures" is \ba.vyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bavures" come from?
"bavures" 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 "bavures", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list