baraque

\ba.ʁak\

/\ba.ʁak\/ noun

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The verdict

“baraque” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,812. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,812
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construction provisoire et légère, généralement faite en planches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baraque · baraque · French

baraque · rank #15,812 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,812
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bandits

Nearest frequency peer: bandits (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « baraque »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « baraque » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

baraque vs basque
71% similar
baraque vs brique
71% similar
baraque vs barque
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for baraque
PropertyValue
Headwordbaraque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ʁak\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,812
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « baraque »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).baraquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bandits » (#15,811), « beautés » (#15,813), « bandeau » (#15,810). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baraque » est au #15,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around baraque (IPA \ba.ʁak\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,812 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for baraque, with forms such as "abraque", "baarque", and "baraqeu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "basque", "brique", "barque", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is baraque, spelled B-A-R-A-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Construction provisoire et légère, généralement faite en planches.
  2. 2
    Construction mobile qui sert lieu de vente dans les fêtes foraines.
  3. 3
    Maison mal bâtie et de chétive apparence.
  4. 4
    Personne de carrure imposante → voir baraqué.
  5. 5
    Abri à foin avec un toit à quatre pans qui se hausse et se rabaisse sur quatre poteaux.
  6. 6
    Bâtiment militaire servant de logement provisoire.
  7. 7
    Jeu de billard avec un petit casier en forme de plan incliné où l’on doit loger les billes.
  8. 8
    Maison.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how baraque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ils habitaient des baraques en planches dont une dizaine, groupées auprès du port Marie, composaient le petit hameau désigné sous le nom de village des Malouins. Deux de ces baraques étaient occupées par des cantines où on vendait du tabac, du cidre et de l’eau-de-vie ; une troisième était consacrée à la forge.
  2. Il s’arrêtait devant la marchande qui a sa baraque au parvis Saint-Louis, et il lui achetait, pour Mˡˡᵉ Gilberte, un bouquet de saison.

Synonyms

baraquementgourbimaisonmasure

This word in other languages

barrack(English)Baracke(Deutsch)barraca(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abraque
  • baarque
  • baraqeu
  • baraqque
  • barauqe
  • barqaue
  • barraque
  • bbaraque
  • braaque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baraque - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abraque2baarque2baraqeu2baraqque1barauqe2barqaue2barraque1bbaraque1
Edit distance from "baraque"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baraque"?
"baraque" is spelled B-A-R-A-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁak\.
What does "baraque" mean?
As a noun, "baraque" means: Construction provisoire et légère, généralement faite en planches.
What words are commonly confused with "baraque"?
"baraque" is commonly confused with "basque", "brique", "barque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baraque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baraque" is \ba.ʁak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baraque" come from?
"baraque" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "baraque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bandits#15,811beautés#15,813bandeau#15,810Bernier#15,814

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Bolivie9 variantscanyon9 variantscausant9 variantsAlbanie9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list