Barakat
The verdict
“Barakat” is uncommon French (frequency #91,427 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,427
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille arabe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Barakat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Barakat” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Barakat is uncommon French at frequency #91,427 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille arabe.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Barakat in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Barakat, spelled B-A-R-A-K-A-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille arabe.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Barakat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-A-K-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.