bark
\bɑː(ɹ)k\
The verdict
“bark” is uncommon French (frequency #67,312 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,312
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écorce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bark · bark · French
bark · rank #67,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,312
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH barrios
Nearest frequency peer: barrios (+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 « bark »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Azincourt
Azincourt
32,693 corpus weight
- balustrades
balustrades
32,691 corpus weight
- bark
bark
32,689 corpus weight
- barrios
barrios
32,688 corpus weight
- bavent
bavent
32,686 corpus weight
- becca
becca
32,685 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bark » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bark |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑː(ɹ)k\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bark » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bark is uncommon French at frequency #67,312 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑː(ɹ)k\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Écorce.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bark, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 bark, spelled B-A-R-K.
Definition
- 1Écorce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bark appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bark of a tree.
Synonyms
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).