barbeuc
\baʁ.bœk\
The verdict
“barbeuc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Barbecue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barbeuc · barbeuc · French
barbeuc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | barbeuc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʁ.bœk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
barbeuc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʁ.bœk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Barbecue.".
No misspelling variants are generated for barbeuc in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is barbeuc, spelled B-A-R-B-E-U-C.
Definition
- 1Barbecue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barbeuc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Et vous comptez tenir le barbeuc dehors tout à l'heure, aussi ? Retourner les steaks hachés à ma place ?
— Rien à foutre, on fait un barbeuc ! Il avait décidé de fêter dignement le retour de ses deux sœurs préférées à la maison.
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.