-baar

\ba:ɾ\

/\ba:ɾ\/ suffix

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The verdict

“-baar” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - -able, -ible, suffixe s’ajoutant à un verbe pour former un adjectif exprimant la possibilité d’une action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baar · -baar · French

-baar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" 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.

Key facts for -baar
PropertyValue
Headword-baar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechSuffix
IPA\ba:ɾ\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “-baar” se place dans la fréquence du français

-baarreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

-baar is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed \ba:ɾ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "-able, -ible, suffixe s’ajoutant à un verbe pour former un adjectif exprimant la possibilité d’une action.".

-baar 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is -baar, spelled --B-A-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    -able, -ible, suffixe s’ajoutant à un verbe pour former un adjectif exprimant la possibilité d’une action.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-baar"?
"-baar" is spelled --B-A-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ba:ɾ\.
What does "-baar" mean?
As a suffix, "-baar" means: -able, -ible, suffixe s’ajoutant à un verbe pour former un adjectif exprimant la possibilité d’une action.
How do you pronounce "-baar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "-baar" is \ba:ɾ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "-baar" come from?
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Data Source

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list