barbarisme
\baʁ.ba.ʁism\
The verdict
“barbarisme” is an uncommon French word, ranked #80,907 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #80,907
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mot ou forme incorrecte, ou dont le sens est altéré, dévié. → voir impropriété et solécisme
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barbarisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʁ.ba.ʁism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barbarisme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for barbarisme is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \baʁ.ba.ʁism\. Corpus data places it at rank #80,907 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for barbarisme, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 barbarisme, spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Mot ou forme incorrecte, ou dont le sens est altéré, dévié. → voir impropriété et solécisme
- 2Faute contre la règle ou le bon goût.
- 3Acte qui relève de la barbarie.
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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Using “barbarisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-B-A-R-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \baʁ.ba.ʁism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.