barcelonnette
\baʁ.sə.lɔ.nɛt\
The verdict
“barcelonnette” is uncommon French (frequency #65,724 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,724
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Berceau suspendu, lit destiné à bercer un enfant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barcelonnette · barcelonnette · French
barcelonnette · rank #65,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,724
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH Barbezieux
Nearest frequency peer: Barbezieux (-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 « barcelonnette »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Balma
Balma
34,281 corpus weight
- balo
balo
34,280 corpus weight
- Barbezieux
Barbezieux
34,278 corpus weight
- barcelonnet…
barcelonnette
34,277 corpus weight
- barette
barette
34,276 corpus weight
- bastides
bastides
34,274 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « barcelonnette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barcelonnette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʁ.sə.lɔ.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #65,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « barcelonnette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
barcelonnette is uncommon French at frequency #65,724 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʁ.sə.lɔ.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Berceau suspendu, lit destiné à bercer un enfant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for barcelonnette, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 barcelonnette, spelled B-A-R-C-E-L-O-N-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Berceau suspendu, lit destiné à bercer un enfant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barcelonnette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marcelle prépare, la layette de l'enfant qui va compléter la famille. Sa barcelonnette est déjà à sa place, près de l'alcôve, avec ses rideaux de soie verte, sa courtepointe piquée, son petit oreiller bordé de dentelles.
Je gagerais mon salut éternel, que Modeste est pure comme elle l’était dans sa barcelonette, dit madame Dumay.
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 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).