barlong
\baʁ.lɔ̃\
The verdict
“barlong” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie une forme allongée, en général rectangulaire, dont la longueur est orientée perpendiculairement à la direction principale ou de référence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barlong · barlong · French
barlong · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barlong |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \baʁ.lɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
barlong is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \baʁ.lɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie une forme allongée, en général rectangulaire, dont la longueur est orientée perpendiculairement à la direction principale ou de référence.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for barlong, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is barlong, spelled B-A-R-L-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Qualifie une forme allongée, en général rectangulaire, dont la longueur est orientée perpendiculairement à la direction principale ou de référence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barlong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette tour, sur plan barlong, ne pouvait contenir et ne contenait en effet qu’un escalier de bois, car elle n’est divisée, dans toute sa hauteur, par aucune voûte ni aucun plancher.
[Les forteresses templières] se distinguaient des forteresses érigées par les Hospitaliers par la faible saillie et la forme carrée ou rectangulaire de leurs tours. Au contraire, les Hospitaliers préféraient les tours rondes ou barlongues d'inspiration franco-flamande.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.