barbue
\baʁ.by\
The verdict
“barbue” is uncommon French (frequency #72,947 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,947
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand poisson osseux marin, un poisson plat au corps ovale, voisin du turbot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barbue · barbue · French
barbue · rank #72,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,947
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH barbouze
Nearest frequency peer: barbouze (-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 « barbue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- barbant
barbant
27,057 corpus weight
- Barbizon
Barbizon
27,056 corpus weight
- barbouze
barbouze
27,055 corpus weight
- barbue
barbue
27,054 corpus weight
- barron
barron
27,053 corpus weight
- bassesses
bassesses
27,052 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « barbue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barbue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʁ.by\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « barbue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
barbue is uncommon French at frequency #72,947 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʁ.by\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for barbue, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is barbue, spelled B-A-R-B-U-E.
Definition
- 1Grand poisson osseux marin, un poisson plat au corps ovale, voisin du turbot.
- 2Vieille fille → voir barbon.
- 3Plume à écrire.
- 4Marcotte racinée.
- 5Synonyme de nielle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barbue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle jeta la barbue sur le marbre, montrant, du côté du ventre, une large déchirure qui entamait la chair jusqu’à l’arête.
Un matelot s'approcha pour offrir du poisson, et Jeanne acheta une barbue qu'elle voulut rapporter elle-même aux Peuples.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).