barde

\baʁd\

/\baʁd\/ noun

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The verdict

“barde” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,433
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Longue selle faite uniquement de grosses toiles piquées et bourrées. On dit aussi bardelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-barde · barde · French

barde · rank #34,433 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,433
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH banquets

Nearest frequency peer: banquets (-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 « barde »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « barde » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

barde vs bre
60% similar
barde vs Bde
40% similar
barde vs Base
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for barde
PropertyValue
Headwordbarde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\baʁd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,433
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « barde »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bardese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « banquets » (#34,432), « bete » (#34,434), « ballerine » (#34,431). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barde » est au #34,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around barde (IPA \baʁd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,433 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for barde, with forms such as "abrde", "badre", and "bardde". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bre", "Bde", "Base", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is barde, spelled B-A-R-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Longue selle faite uniquement de grosses toiles piquées et bourrées. On dit aussi bardelle.
  2. 2
    Ancienne armure faite de lames de fer, qu’on plaçait sur le poitrail d’un cheval.
  3. 3
    Fine tranche de lard dont on entoure les chapons, les bécasses, les perdrix, les rosbifs etc. que l’on va faire rôtir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On lit dans l'article 11 de ces statuts : « Les armuriers feront tous harnais pour hommes, comme corcelets, cuirasses, haussecols, gorgerins, etc., et toutes bardes pour chevaux comme frontails, chanfreins, flanquois et collières. »
  2. J’y vois de gros gardes, cuirassés de bardes, portant hallebardes de sucre candi.

This word in other languages

albarda(Español)albarda(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrde
  • badre
  • bardde
  • bared
  • barrde
  • bbarde
  • brade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barde - 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.

abrde2badre2bardde1bared2barrde1bbarde1brade2
Edit distance from "barde"

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 "barde"?
"barde" is spelled B-A-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \baʁd\.
What does "barde" mean?
As a noun, "barde" means: Longue selle faite uniquement de grosses toiles piquées et bourrées. On dit aussi bardelle.
What words are commonly confused with "barde"?
"barde" is commonly confused with "bre", "Bde", "Base". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barde" is \baʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barde" come from?
"barde" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blida#34,437assit#34,424ardue#34,418carie#34,453

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Capoue7 variantsDuran7 variantsvoyer7 variantsTutsi7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list