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bar/barre/barrent/barres/bars/Bart

"bar" is a noun; "barrent" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "bar" arrives as a noun, while "barrent" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "bar" then splits - "bar" (3 letters) vs "barre" (5).
Shared stem "bar" then splits - "bar" (3 letters) vs "barrent" (7).
Shared stem "bar" then splits - "bar" (3 letters) vs "barres" (6).
Shared stem "bar" then splits - "bar" (3 letters) vs "bars" (4).
Shared stem "bar" then splits - "bar" (3 letters) vs "Bart" (4).
Shared stem "barre" then splits - "barre" (5 letters) vs "barrent" (7).
Shared stem "barre" then splits - "barre" (5 letters) vs "barres" (6).
Shared stem "bar" then splits - "barre" (5 letters) vs "bars" (4).
Shared stem "bar" then splits - "barre" (5 letters) vs "Bart" (4).
Shared stem "barre" then splits - "barrent" (7 letters) vs "barres" (6).
Shared stem "bar" then splits - "barrent" (7 letters) vs "bars" (4).
Shared stem "bar" then splits - "barrent" (7 letters) vs "Bart" (4).
Shared stem "bar" then splits - "barres" (6 letters) vs "bars" (4).
Shared stem "bar" then splits - "barres" (6 letters) vs "Bart" (4).
Single-letter fork: "bars" keeps s, "Bart" writes t at letter 4.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across bar, barre, barrent, barres, bars, Bart: abr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

bar
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory abr · no private letters vs siblings
barre
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory aber · private e
barrent
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVCC
Inventory abenrt · private ent
barres
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory abers · private es
bars
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory abrs · private s
Bart
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory abrt · private t

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "bar" when you mean: Comptoir où se servent les boissons.
Write "barre" when you mean: Pièce de bois, de métal, etc., étroite et longue.
Write "barrent" when you mean: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe barrer.
Write "barres" when you mean: Pluriel de barre.
Write "bars" when you mean: Pluriel de bar.
Write "Bart" when you mean: Nom de famille.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

barre ← abrre · bare · barer · bbarre · brare
barrent ← abrrent · barent · barernt · barrennt · barrentt · barretn
barres ← barers · bares · barress · barrse · bbarres · brares
bars ← abrs · barrs · barss · basr · bbars
Bart ← abrt · barrt · bartt · batr · bbart · brat

Each spelling

bar

noun · /\baʁ\/ · #1,901 frequency

Comptoir où se servent les boissons.

barre

noun · /\baʁ\/ · #2,068 frequency

Pièce de bois, de métal, etc., étroite et longue.

barrent

verb · /\baʁ\/ · #47,182 frequency

Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe barrer.

barres

noun · /\baʁ\/ · #6,786 frequency

Pluriel de barre.

bars

noun · /\baʁ\/ · #6,467 frequency

Pluriel de bar.

Bart

name · /\baʁ\/ · #12,322 frequency

Nom de famille.