barracuda
\ba.ʁa.ky.da\
The verdict
“barracuda” is uncommon French (frequency #50,081 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,081
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Une des espèces de grands poissons osseux marins très voraces, un sphyraenidé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barracuda · barracuda · French
barracuda · rank #50,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,081
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH baobab
Nearest frequency peer: baobab (-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 « barracuda »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bandelettes
bandelettes
49,923 corpus weight
- bands
bands
49,922 corpus weight
- baobab
baobab
49,921 corpus weight
- barracuda
barracuda
49,920 corpus weight
- barras
barras
49,919 corpus weight
- Barthe
Barthe
49,918 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « barracuda » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barracuda |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁa.ky.da\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « barracuda » en français
Rare enough to double-check
barracuda is uncommon French at frequency #50,081 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ʁa.ky.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for barracuda, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is barracuda, spelled B-A-R-R-A-C-U-D-A.
Definition
- 1Une des espèces de grands poissons osseux marins très voraces, un sphyraenidé.
- 2Bécune, bécune européenne.
- 3Grand barracuda.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barracuda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De plus, les barracudas n'attaquent jamais les humains délibérément.
Et tout cela était exprimé sans se dire un seul mot. Avec des sourires, des yeux tendres ou des regards sévères. Sans cesser de porter une attention croissante et passionnée aux propos du narrateur d’en face qui, maintenant, nous entretenait de ses exploits de pêcheur sous-marin, ancien plongeur de la Marine nationale qu’il était, et de sa lutte avec un b…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 "barracuda"?
What does "barracuda" mean?
How do you pronounce "barracuda"?
What language does "barracuda" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "barracuda", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).