# Baroque

> English word · Adjective · IPA /bəˈɹɒk/ · frequency rank #19,020

## Definitions
1. From or characteristic of the Baroque period.

## Etymology
Via French (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape) from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco and Sicilian baroccu, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verruca (“wart”), or possibly from the technical construction of scholastic logic, Baroco.

## Easily confused with
- **Basque** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baroque-vs-basque)
- **barbeque** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbeque-vs-baroque)

## Common misspellings (9)
`abroque`, `baorque`, `baroqeu`, `baroqque`, `barouqe`, `barqoue`, `barroque`, `bbaroque`, `braoque`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/baroque