bâcle
\bɑkl\
The verdict
“bâcle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Barre de bois ou de fer, ou grosse poutre, servant à fermer une porte de l’intérieur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bacle · bâcle · French
bâcle · 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 "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 | bâcle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑkl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “bâcle” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
bâcle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑkl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Barre de bois ou de fer, ou grosse poutre, servant à fermer une porte de l’intérieur.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bâcle in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bâcle, spelled B-Â-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1Barre de bois ou de fer, ou grosse poutre, servant à fermer une porte de l’intérieur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bâcle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trous de bâcle, trous dans l’embrasure où se logeaient les extrémités de la bâcle.
Jérôme va retirer la bâcle de la porte – une simple barre de fer – et revient vers la grille.
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.
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