maillot de bain
\ma.jo də bɛ̃\
The verdict
“maillot de bain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vêtement destiné à la pratique de la natation, à la baignade en bord d’eau, ou à toute activité se déroulant l’été.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maillot de bain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.jo də bɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maillot de bain” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maillot de bain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.jo də bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vêtement destiné à la pratique de la natation, à la baignade en bord d’eau, ou à toute activité se déroulant l’été.".
maillot de bain doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maillot de bain, spelled M-A-I-L-L-O-T- -D-E- -B-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Vêtement destiné à la pratique de la natation, à la baignade en bord d’eau, ou à toute activité se déroulant l’été.
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Using “maillot de bain”
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- The one correct French spelling is M-A-I-L-L-O-T- -D-E- -B-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.jo də bɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.