barons

\ba.ʁɔ̃\

/\ba.ʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“barons” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,815
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de baron.

Corpus desk

Index FR-barons · barons · French

barons · rank #16,815 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,815
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bailleur

Nearest frequency peer: bailleur (-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 « barons »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « barons » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

barons vs bons
67% similar
barons vs bars
67% similar
barons vs bros
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for barons
PropertyValue
Headwordbarons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ʁɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,815
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « barons »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).baronsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bailleur » (#16,814), « autographe » (#16,813), « bit » (#16,817). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barons » est au #16,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around barons (IPA \ba.ʁɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,815 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de baron.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for barons, with forms such as "abrons", "baorns", and "barnos". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bons", "bars", "bros", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is barons, spelled B-A-R-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de baron.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how barons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Voilà pourquoi, à la tête d’un mouvement transformé bien plus que dans son simple sigle, on va pouvoir envoyer les barons à la retraite et larguer le passé tout doucement : rien ne presse dans la dégaullisation, Chirac venant tout juste de dégiscardiser l’U.d.r. quand il n’a plus eu intérêt à la giscardiser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrons
  • baorns
  • barnos
  • baronns
  • baronss
  • barosn
  • barrons
  • bbarons
  • braons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barons - 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.

abrons2baorns2barnos2baronns1baronss1barosn2barrons1bbarons1
Edit distance from "barons"

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 "barons"?
"barons" is spelled B-A-R-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "barons" mean?
As a noun, "barons" means: Pluriel de baron.
What words are commonly confused with "barons"?
"barons" is commonly confused with "bons", "bars", "bros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barons" is \ba.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barons" come from?
"barons" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "barons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blacks#16,818caviar#16,825charia#16,829aigles#16,798

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

bailleur9 variantscassent9 variantsCaucase9 variantscocher9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list