barbot

\baʁ.bo\

/\baʁ.bo\/ noun

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The verdict

“barbot” is uncommon French (frequency #73,747 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,747
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de barbeau (poisson).

Corpus desk

Index FR-barbot · barbot · French

barbot · rank #73,747 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,747
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bapaume

Nearest frequency peer: bapaume (-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 « barbot »

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 « barbot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for barbot
PropertyValue
Headwordbarbot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\baʁ.bo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#73,747
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « barbot » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).barbottombe 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: « bapaume » (#73,746), « barbouillé » (#73,748), « bantou » (#73,745). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barbot » est au #73,747. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

barbot is uncommon French at frequency #73,747 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʁ.bo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for barbot in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is barbot, spelled B-A-R-B-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de barbeau (poisson).
  2. 2
    Proxénète, barbeau.
  3. 3
    Barbier des forçats.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La boîte de Nine, c’est une matière d’éventaire où s’étalent et resplendissent tous les échantillons de notre douce et vermineuse humanité : barbots tirés à quatre épingles et dont les goûts éminemment artistiques s’affirment dans le choix de leurs cravates ; […].

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 "barbot"?
"barbot" is spelled B-A-R-B-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \baʁ.bo\.
What does "barbot" mean?
As a noun, "barbot" means: Variante orthographique de barbeau (poisson).
How do you pronounce "barbot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barbot" is \baʁ.bo\. 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 "barbot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bantou#73,745barder#73,749barone#73,751bassem#73,752

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list