baratineur
\ba.ʁa.ti.nœʁ\
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.
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baratineur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁa.ti.nœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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
- 1Bavard ; beau parleur ; personne qui baratine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how baratineur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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…
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