barillet

\ba.ʁi.jɛ\

/\ba.ʁi.jɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“barillet” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,173
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit baril.

Corpus desk

Index FR-barillet · barillet · French

barillet · rank #39,173 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,173
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Barclay

Nearest frequency peer: Barclay (-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 « barillet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « barillet » 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).

barillet vs billet
75% similar
barillet vs Brille
63% similar
barillet vs briller
75% similar

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

Key facts for barillet
PropertyValue
Headwordbarillet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ʁi.jɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#39,173
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « barillet »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).barilletse 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 « Barclay » (#39,172), « Barlow » (#39,174), « bandés » (#39,171). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barillet » est au #39,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around barillet (IPA \ba.ʁi.jɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,173 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for barillet, with forms such as "abrillet", "bairllet", and "barilelt". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "billet", "Brille", "briller", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is barillet, spelled B-A-R-I-L-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit baril.
  2. 2
    Petite boîte ou petit bijou en forme de baril.
  3. 3
    Diverses sortes de dispositifs en forme de petit tonneau destinés à contenir tel ou tel mécanisme.
  4. 4
    Boîte du ressort d’une montre ou d’une pendule.
  5. 5
    Boîte où sont logées les balles d’un revolver.
  6. 6
    Cylindre dans lequel monte ou descend le piston d’une pompe.
  7. 7
    Cylindre se situant en-dessous du bec d’une clarinette.
  8. 8
    Dispositif destiné à faire condenser les liquides — en particulier l’eau — contenus dans le gaz d'éclairage, le gaz à l’eau
  9. 9
    Cavité située derrière le tambour de l’oreille.
  10. 10
    Mollusque univalve. ^([2])
  11. 11
    Demi-cylindre en bois de gaïac dont on entoure le mât de perroquet pour la manœuvre des vergues de perroquets volants.
  12. 12
    Dispositif rotatif placé dans une cuve remplie de sodium, utilisé pour charger et décharger les assemblages combustibles du cœur d’un réacteur rapide refroidi au sodium ; par extension, l’ensemble formé par le dispositif rotatif et la cuve.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La masure, lavée à la chaux par les soins des clercs, contenait une table, un lit, un pot, un escabeau, un barillet.
  2. Barillet d’ivoire. - Barillet d’or, d’argent.

This word in other languages

chamber(English)barrilito(Español)Fässchen(Deutsch)barrilete(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrillet
  • bairllet
  • barilelt
  • barilet
  • barillett
  • barillte
  • barlilet
  • barrillet
  • bbarillet
  • braillet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abrillet2bairllet2barilelt2barilet1barillett1barillte2barlilet2barrillet1
Edit distance from "barillet"

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 "barillet"?
"barillet" is spelled B-A-R-I-L-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁi.jɛ\.
What does "barillet" mean?
As a noun, "barillet" means: Petit baril.
What words are commonly confused with "barillet"?
"barillet" is commonly confused with "billet", "Brille", "briller". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barillet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barillet" is \ba.ʁi.jɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barillet" come from?
"barillet" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Blandine#39,182athletic#39,161caleçons#39,198amarrage#39,147

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

bandés10 variantsassoiffés10 variantscanevas10 variantsChaillot10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list