baza
\ba.za\
The verdict
“baza” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oiseau appartenant au genre Aviceda, rapace diurne de l’Ancien monde, dont plusieurs espèces portent une huppe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baza · baza · French
baza · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baza |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.za\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « baza » en français
Rare enough to double-check
baza is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.za\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oiseau appartenant au genre Aviceda, rapace diurne de l’Ancien monde, dont plusieurs espèces portent une huppe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for baza, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is baza, spelled B-A-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Oiseau appartenant au genre Aviceda, rapace diurne de l’Ancien monde, dont plusieurs espèces portent une huppe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how baza appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le genre Diodon est exclusif à l’Amérique méridionale, le genre Baza à l’Afrique-sud,, à l’Archipel de l’Inde et à l’Océanie.
Le régime alimentaire du baza est principalement composé d'insectes, notamment coléoptères, mais aussi de petits mammifères terrestres, les chauves-souris, les petits oiseaux, de petits lézards et des grenouilles arboricoles.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.