barista

Name: barista, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\ba.ʁis.ta\

/\ba.ʁis.ta\/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“barista” is an uncommon French word, ranked #80,910 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#80,910
frequency rank, French: 7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne derrière un comptoir, servant à la fois des espressos et des boissons alcoolisées.

Key facts for barista
Property	Value
Headword	barista
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ba.ʁis.ta\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#80,910
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “barista” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). barista lands here:

#80,910

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for barista is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.ʁis.ta\. Corpus data places it at rank #80,910 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for barista in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is barista, spelled B-A-R-I-S-T-A.

Definition

1
Personne derrière un comptoir, servant à la fois des espressos et des boissons alcoolisées.
2
Barman ou barmaid ambulant dans les voitures de train de la SNCF.

Synonyms

barman barmaid

This word in other languages

barista(English)

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 "barista"?

"barista" is spelled B-A-R-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁis.ta\.

What does "barista" mean?

As a noun, "barista" means: Personne derrière un comptoir, servant à la fois des espressos et des boissons alcoolisées.

How do you pronounce "barista"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barista" is \ba.ʁis.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "barista" come from?

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Using “barista”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \ba.ʁis.ta\ (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.