barbarisme

\baʁ.ba.ʁism\

/\baʁ.ba.ʁism\/ noun

The verdict

“barbarisme” is uncommon French (frequency #80,907 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,907
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot ou forme incorrecte, ou dont le sens est altéré, dévié. → voir impropriété et solécisme

Corpus desk

Index FR-barbarisme · barbarisme · French

barbarisme · rank #80,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,907
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baptist

Nearest frequency peer: baptist (-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 « barbarisme »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « barbarisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for barbarisme
PropertyValue
Headwordbarbarisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\baʁ.ba.ʁism\
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,907
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « barbarisme » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).barbarismetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « baptist » (#80,906), « barbera » (#80,908), « baptismale » (#80,905). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barbarisme » est au #80,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

barbarisme is uncommon French at frequency #80,907 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʁ.ba.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Mot ou forme incorrecte, ou dont le sens est altéré, dévié. → voir impropriété et solécisme
  2. 2
    Faute contre la règle ou le bon goût.
  3. 3
    Acte qui relève de la barbarie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how barbarisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si je dis « aRéoport » au lieu d’aéroport, je commets un barbarisme, de même si je prononce « aRborigène » au lieu d’aborigène, ou « diSgression » pour digression. Ces inversions ou ces ajouts de lettres sont, plus précisément, des barbarismes lexicaux ….
  2. Un barbarisme heureux reste dans une langue sans la défigurer ; des solécismes ne s’y établissent jamais sans la détruire.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "barbarisme"?
"barbarisme" is spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \baʁ.ba.ʁism\.
What does "barbarisme" mean?
As a noun, "barbarisme" means: Mot ou forme incorrecte, ou dont le sens est altéré, dévié. → voir impropriété et solécisme
How do you pronounce "barbarisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barbarisme" is \baʁ.ba.ʁism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "barbarisme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list