barbus
\baʁ.by\
The verdict
“barbus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,333. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,333
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de barbu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barbus · barbus · French
barbus · rank #27,333 · 9 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,333
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH baisent
Nearest frequency peer: baisent (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « barbus »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- aéronefs
aéronefs
72,671 corpus weight
- aïeux
aïeux
72,670 corpus weight
- baisent
baisent
72,669 corpus weight
- barbus
barbus
72,668 corpus weight
- Barney
Barney
72,667 corpus weight
- basculement
basculement
72,666 corpus weight
What this shows « barbus » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barbus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \baʁ.by\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « barbus »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around barbus (IPA \baʁ.by\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,333 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de barbu.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for barbus, with forms such as "abrbus", "babrus", and "barbbus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "bars", "barres", "battus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is barbus, spelled B-A-R-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de barbu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abrbus
- babrus
- barbbus
- barbsu
- barbuss
- barrbus
- barubs
- bbarbus
- brabus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barbus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).