barbaque
\baʁ.bak\
The verdict
“barbaque” is uncommon French (frequency #96,651 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,651
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Viande.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barbaque · barbaque · French
barbaque · rank #96,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,651
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bariolés
Nearest frequency peer: bariolés (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « barbaque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- baisaient
baisaient
3,354 corpus weight
- balistes
balistes
3,353 corpus weight
- barbaque
barbaque
3,350 corpus weight
- bariolés
bariolés
3,349 corpus weight
- barolo
barolo
3,348 corpus weight
- bassons
bassons
3,347 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « barbaque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barbaque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʁ.bak\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « barbaque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
barbaque is uncommon French at frequency #96,651 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʁ.bak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ou Viande.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for barbaque, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is barbaque, spelled B-A-R-B-A-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1ou Viande.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barbaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— R’garde ! Les mecs, à côté, i sont d’jà allés quérir leur plat de barbaque…
Mais l’obus suivant, percutant sur la chaussée, ne fit point de dégâts. Il y eut seulement, par le soupirail, une pluie de barbaque putréfiée et des jets d’un mélange visqueux de sang et d’humeur…
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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