baril

\ba.ʁil\

/\ba.ʁil\/ noun

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The verdict

“baril” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,080
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de petit tonneau en bois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baril · baril · French

baril · rank #17,080 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,080
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bactérie

Nearest frequency peer: bactérie (-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 « baril »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « baril » 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).

baril vs bri
60% similar
baril vs bars
60% similar
baril vs bâti
40% similar

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

Key facts for baril
PropertyValue
Headwordbaril
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ʁil\
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,080
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « baril »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).barilse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bactérie » (#17,079), « beautiful » (#17,081), « bicyclette » (#17,082). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « baril » est au #17,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around baril (IPA \ba.ʁil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,080 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for baril, with forms such as "abril", "bairl", and "barill". 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, "bri", "bars", "bâti", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 baril, spelled B-A-R-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de petit tonneau en bois.
  2. 2
    Contenant cylindrique en métal ou en plastique d'une contenance d'environ 50 à 200 litres.
  3. 3
    Le contenu de ce contenant.
  4. 4
    Unité de mesure surtout utilisée pour le pétrole brut et ses dérivés. Son symbole est bl ou bbl.
  5. 5
    Pétrole, essence, carburant automobile.
  6. 6
    Emballage cartonné résistant, de forme cylindrique, le plus souvent destiné à de la lessive en poudre.
  7. 7
    Meuble représentant le conteneur du même nom dans les armoiries.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Joe s’y rendit seul avec un baril, qui pouvait contenir une dizaine de gallons.
  2. Un nouveau réservoir d’eau claire de 200 litres conservera l’eau, mieux que des barils de chêne.

Synonyms

baraubarriquefrequinfûtfutaillemuidpipetonneauvaisseau

This word in other languages

barrel(English)barril(Español)Trommel(Deutsch)barrilete(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abril
  • bairl
  • barill
  • barli
  • barril
  • bbaril
  • brail

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of baril - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abril2bairl2barill1barli2barril1bbaril1brail2
Edit distance from "baril"

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 "baril"?
"baril" is spelled B-A-R-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁil\.
What does "baril" mean?
As a noun, "baril" means: Sorte de petit tonneau en bois.
What words are commonly confused with "baril"?
"baril" is commonly confused with "bri", "bars", "bâti". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baril"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baril" is \ba.ʁil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baril" come from?
"baril" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

color#17,097ambre#17,062amber#17,061aléas#17,060

Similar misspelling depth

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

afflux7 variantsdisco7 variantsdixit7 variantsdéfie7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list