barkhane
\baʁ.kan\
The verdict
“barkhane” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,515
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dune créée par la saltation du sable sous l’action du vent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barkhane · barkhane · French
barkhane · rank #49,515 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,515
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bandana
Nearest frequency peer: bandana (-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 « barkhane »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bambara
bambara
50,488 corpus weight
- bandana
bandana
50,487 corpus weight
- barkhane
barkhane
50,486 corpus weight
- Beaugrand
Beaugrand
50,485 corpus weight
- benedetti
benedetti
50,484 corpus weight
- Bernadotte
Bernadotte
50,482 corpus weight
What this shows « barkhane » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barkhane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʁ.kan\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « barkhane »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around barkhane (IPA \baʁ.kan\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,515 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dune créée par la saltation du sable sous l’action du vent.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for barkhane, with forms such as "abrkhane", "bakrhane", and "barhkane". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is barkhane, spelled B-A-R-K-H-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Dune créée par la saltation du sable sous l’action du vent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barkhane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La barkhane graduellement surélevée dévie les flux particulaires vers les bords où les sables s’accumulent en une double traîne formant les « ailes » ou les « cornes » de la dune en croissant.
Le désert, au contraire, sauf quand le vent s'éveille, est un océan minéral et figé, un océan avec ses hautes lames, ses vagues en demi-lune, les barkhane – dunes de sable effilées comme un yatagan, le sabre turc -, une immensité désolée de rocs, de sel et de poussière d'où émane une fascinante beauté : celle de la nudité parfaite, celle d'un monde réduit…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abrkhane
- bakrhane
- barhkane
- barkahne
- barkhaen
- barkhanne
- barkhhane
- barkhnae
- barkkhane
- barrkhane
- bbarkhane
- brakhane
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barkhane - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).