barème

/\ba.ʁɛm\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,572

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

barème is aFrenchnoun. It means: Recueil de comptes déjà faits à l'avance (certains présentés sous la forme de tableaux), facilitant le travail des comptables. Pronounced \ba.ʁɛm\. Often confused with barre and basée.

Key facts for barème
PropertyValue
Headwordbarème
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ʁɛm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,572
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of barème in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for barème is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.ʁɛm\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,572 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for barème, with forms such as "abrème", "bareme", and "barmèe". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "barre", "basée", "brève", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is barème, spelled B-A-R-È-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recueil de comptes déjà faits à l'avance (certains présentés sous la forme de tableaux), facilitant le travail des comptables.
  2. 2
    Valeurs inscrites sur ce compte.
  3. 3
    Homme qui a une facilité merveilleuse à compter.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abrème,bareme,barmèe,barrème,barèem,barèmme,baèrme,bbarème,braème

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for barème

Misspelling Variants of "barème"

abrème6bareme6barmèe6barrème7barèem6barèmme7baèrme6bbarème7
Misspelling Variants of "barème"

Frequency rank: #15,572 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "barème"?
"barème" is spelled B-A-R-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁɛm\.
What does "barème" mean?
As a noun, "barème" means: Recueil de comptes déjà faits à l'avance (certains présentés sous la forme de tableaux), facilitant le travail des comptables.
What words are commonly confused with "barème"?
"barème" is commonly confused with "barre", "basée", "brève". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barème"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barème" is \ba.ʁɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barème" come from?
"barème" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.