baratineur

\ba.ʁa.ti.nœʁ\

/\ba.ʁa.ti.nœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bavard ; beau parleur ; personne qui baratine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baratineur · baratineur · French

baratineur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for baratineur
PropertyValue
Headwordbaratineur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ʁa.ti.nœʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « baratineur » en français

baratineurreste 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

baratineur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ʁa.ti.nœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bavard ; beau parleur ; personne qui baratine.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for baratineur, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is baratineur, spelled B-A-R-A-T-I-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bavard ; beau parleur ; personne qui baratine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eh bien, j'ai le plaisir, preuve à l'appui, de m'inscrire en faux contre cette maligne assertion. Ceux qui l'affirment, l'assènent à tout bout de champ, le proclament à l'envi ont la langue plus fourchue que vipère aspic, ils galèjent mieux que Marseillais à la pétanque, ils ne sont que vils baratineurs, ils mythonent, pipeautent, racontent des craques ou…

This word in other languages

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 "baratineur"?
"baratineur" is spelled B-A-R-A-T-I-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁa.ti.nœʁ\.
What does "baratineur" mean?
As a noun, "baratineur" means: Bavard ; beau parleur ; personne qui baratine.
How do you pronounce "baratineur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baratineur" is \ba.ʁa.ti.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baratineur" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list