baraki
\ba.ʁa.ki\
The verdict
“baraki” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forain ou personne habitant une caravane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-baraki · baraki · French
baraki · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | baraki |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁa.ki\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « baraki » en français
Rare enough to double-check
baraki is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ʁa.ki\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
baraki has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is baraki, spelled B-A-R-A-K-I.
Definition
- 1Forain ou personne habitant une caravane.
- 2Personne sans manières, qui s’habille mal et qui, le plus souvent, parle mal le français.
- 3Personne de basse classe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how baraki appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La fête foraine (ducasse) est arrivée. Les barakis ont installé les carrousels, les manèges d’autos-tamponneuses, les loteries, les baraques à frites. On mangera ces dernières – les frites, pas les baraques – bien grasses, bien charnues, façon Jacques Brel chez Eugène, avec les doigts, à même le cornet en papier.
Les barakis conduisent souvent de vieilles voitures roulant encore à l'essence « normale » ou « avec plomb », couvertes d'autocollants « Judo Club Couillet-Queue », « Club de dressage de Pitbull Johnny », « Fan-Club Bruce Lee Roselie Panama », « Royal Pouchia Club des Lanceurs de Boudin du Camping de Poupehan » ou « Bébé et Bière à bord ». Les barakis aya…
Synonyms
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.