barau
\ba.ʁo\
The verdict
“barau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositif de rivière constitué de filets tournants, mus par le courant, permettant de capturer les saumons et de les jeter dans un vivier ou une nasse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barau · barau · French
barau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | barau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « barau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
barau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for barau in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is barau, spelled B-A-R-A-U.
Definition
- 1Dispositif de rivière constitué de filets tournants, mus par le courant, permettant de capturer les saumons et de les jeter dans un vivier ou une nasse.
- 2Unité de mesure du vin, de vingt pintes, baril.
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.