barque
\baʁk\
The verdict
“barque” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,097
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit bateau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barque · barque · French
barque · rank #15,097 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,097
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH baisses
Nearest frequency peer: baisses (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “barque”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ave
ave
84,907 corpus weight
- avérer
avérer
84,906 corpus weight
- baisses
baisses
84,905 corpus weight
- barque
barque
84,904 corpus weight
- battait
battait
84,903 corpus weight
- blu
blu
84,901 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “barque” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \baʁk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barque” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around barque (IPA \baʁk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,097 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for barque, with forms such as "abrque", "baqrue", and "barqeu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "barre", "bloque", "battue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 barque, spelled B-A-R-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Petit bateau.
- 2Type de grand voilier dont tous les mâts, sauf celui situé à l’arrière, sont gréés à voiles carrées.
- 3Cette sorte de gréement.
- 4La nacelle dans laquelle les anciens poètes supposaient qu’après la mort les âmes traversaient le Styx pour entrer dans les enfers.
- 5Grande cuve métallique (parfois en bois) de forme parallélépipédique utilisée par les teinturiers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant que sous la mer profonde Les cachalots et les requins Ces écumeurs géants de l’onde Libres dévorent le fretin Nous autres cloués à la rive Où la bourrasque a rejeté Notre barque un instant rétive Nous pleurons notre liberté.
À Mogador, nouvelle relâche, mais la barque envoyée à terre pour rapporter de l’eau fraîche faillit être capturée par les Arabes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abrque
- baqrue
- barqeu
- barqque
- barrque
- baruqe
- bbarque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barque - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "barque", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "barque". Here's where to go from here.
- "barque" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "barre". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,097 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.