barrière
[ba.ʁjɛʁ]
The verdict
“barrière” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hecke, Schranke, Sperre, Zaun, Staket, Einfriedung, Umzäunung, Barriere
Corpus desk
Index DE-barriere · barrière · German
barrière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | barrière |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ba.ʁjɛʁ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „barrière“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
barrière is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ba.ʁjɛʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hecke, Schranke, Sperre, Zaun, Staket, Einfriedung, Umzäunung, Barriere".
No generated misspelling entries exist for barrière in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is barrière, spelled B-A-R-R-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Hecke, Schranke, Sperre, Zaun, Staket, Einfriedung, Umzäunung, Barriere
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.