barder
\baʁ.de\
The verdict
“barder” is uncommon French (frequency #73,749 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,749
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entourer d’une barde de lard pour empêcher le dessèchement à la cuisson.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barder |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \baʁ.de\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barder” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
barder is uncommon French at frequency #73,749 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \baʁ.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
barder has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 explicit etymology string is stored 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 barder, spelled B-A-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Entourer d’une barde de lard pour empêcher le dessèchement à la cuisson.
- 2Poser des bardeaux, du bardage.
- 3Enfermer ou serrer comme dans une armure.
- 4Charger sur un bard.
- 5Charger ; garnir abondamment ; recouvrir.
- 6Y aller fort, se dérouler de façon terrible.
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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Using “barder”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \baʁ.de\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.