barbacoa
The verdict
“barbacoa” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Barbecue, grand gril de bois, élevé dans le milieu d’un boucan, sur lequel on met la viande et le poisson que l’on veut faire boucaner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barbacoa · barbacoa · French
barbacoa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | barbacoa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « barbacoa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
barbacoa is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Barbecue, grand gril de bois, élevé dans le milieu d’un boucan, sur lequel on met la viande et le poisson que l’on veut faire boucaner.".
No misspelling variants are generated for barbacoa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is barbacoa, spelled B-A-R-B-A-C-O-A.
Definition
- 1Barbecue, grand gril de bois, élevé dans le milieu d’un boucan, sur lequel on met la viande et le poisson que l’on veut faire boucaner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how barbacoa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est sur cette machine, que les Indiens nomment Barbacoa, que l’on place les chairs et les poissons que l’on veut boucaner.
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.