bariolé
\ba.ʁjɔ.le\
The verdict
“bariolé” is uncommon French (frequency #88,367 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,367
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvert de bariolages.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bariole · bariolé · French
bariolé · rank #88,367 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,367
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH basanés
Nearest frequency peer: basanés (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « bariolé »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bannissez
bannissez
11,638 corpus weight
- Barabbas
Barabbas
11,637 corpus weight
- bariolé
bariolé
11,634 corpus weight
- basanés
basanés
11,633 corpus weight
- batailleur
batailleur
11,631 corpus weight
- Bazeilles
Bazeilles
11,630 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bariolé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bariolé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ba.ʁjɔ.le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bariolé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bariolé is uncommon French at frequency #88,367 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ba.ʁjɔ.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Couvert de bariolages.".
bariolé has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bariolé, spelled B-A-R-I-O-L-É.
Definition
- 1Couvert de bariolages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bariolé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle était animée et bruyante, toute bariolée de jeunes gens vêtus de velours et de nobles dames aux robes blasonnées, …
À Venise, les habitations ont le pied dans le canal même ; l’eau clapote sur les marches des escaliers, et la gondole détachée du poteau bariolé vient vous prendre au bas des degrés au sortir de votre chambre.
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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