bardage

\baʁ.daʒ\

/\baʁ.daʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“bardage” is uncommon French (frequency #82,707 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,707
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Revêtement de façade composé de bardeaux fixés sur une ossature, elle-même accrochée directement au mur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bardage · bardage · French

bardage · rank #82,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,707
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH balisées

Nearest frequency peer: balisées (-2 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 « bardage »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bardage
PropertyValue
Headwordbardage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\baʁ.daʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,707
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bardage » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bardagetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « balisées » (#82,705), « Bascou » (#82,709), « baladeurs » (#82,704). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bardage » est au #82,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bardage is uncommon French at frequency #82,707 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \baʁ.daʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for bardage in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bardage, spelled B-A-R-D-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Revêtement de façade composé de bardeaux fixés sur une ossature, elle-même accrochée directement au mur.
  2. 2
    Partie d’ouvrage sensiblement verticale constituant à elle seule soit la séparation, soit un des éléments de cette séparation, des ambiances extérieure et intérieure.
  3. 3
    Action de transporter des matériaux sur des bards.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il ne reste plus qu’à habiller l’ensemble d’une peau extérieure, dans le cas qui nous intéresse, un bardage en bois ou similaire, fixé sur l’ossature au moyen de clou, de vis, d’agrafes…tout dépend du fabricant.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bardage"?
"bardage" is spelled B-A-R-D-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \baʁ.daʒ\.
What does "bardage" mean?
As a noun, "bardage" means: Revêtement de façade composé de bardeaux fixés sur une ossature, elle-même accrochée directement au mur.
How do you pronounce "bardage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bardage" is \baʁ.daʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bardage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bardage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list