barrage

\bɑ.ʁaʒ\

/\bɑ.ʁaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“barrage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,911. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,911
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Barrière qui ferme un chemin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-barrage · barrage · French

barrage · rank #4,911 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,911
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baron

Nearest frequency peer: baron (-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 « barrage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « barrage » 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).

barrage vs barre
71% similar
barrage vs barrée
71% similar
barrage vs battage
71% similar

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

Key facts for barrage
PropertyValue
Headwordbarrage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɑ.ʁaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,911
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « barrage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).barragese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « baron » (#4,910), « brillant » (#4,912), « autonome » (#4,909). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barrage » est au #4,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around barrage (IPA \bɑ.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,911 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for barrage, with forms such as "abrrage", "barage", and "bararge". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "barre", "barrée", "battage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is barrage, spelled B-A-R-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Barrière qui ferme un chemin.
  2. 2
    Constructions qui opposent un obstacle à un cours d’eau et qui ont pour objet de retenir l’eau, d’en élever le niveau, d’empêcher les inondations, d’obtenir une force motrice ou comme réserve pour l'irrigation et la consommation humaine.
  3. 3
    Rochers qui barrent une rivière.
  4. 4
    Obstacle imprévu. Opposition déterminée, concertée, en vue d’empêcher quelque chose.
  5. 5
    Droit de péage sur les voitures et les bêtes de somme, pour l’entretien des routes ^([2]).
  6. 6
    Linge ouvré ^([2]).
  7. 7
    Dans certaines épreuves de sauts d’obstacles, parcours supplémentaire destiné à départager les ex æquos ayant fait un sans-faute.
  8. 8
    Pause de quelques secondes en plein milieu d'une conversation ou d'une action suivie d'une reprise comme si rien ne s’était passé. Lié à la schizophrénie.
  9. 9
    Barrière faite par les policiers qui ferme un chemin, pour interpeller le conducteur d'un véhicule ou à une scène de crime.
  10. 10
    Action qui consiste à barrer, rayer des mots, des symboles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Établir momentanément un barrage à l’entrée d’une rue où l’on pave.
  2. On a fait un barrage sur la rivière pour les travaux du nouveau pont qu’on va construire.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrrage
  • barage
  • bararge
  • barraeg
  • barragge
  • barrgae
  • bbarrage
  • brarage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barrage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abrrage2barage1bararge2barraeg2barragge1barrgae2bbarrage1brarage2
Edit distance from "barrage"

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 "barrage"?
"barrage" is spelled B-A-R-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɑ.ʁaʒ\.
What does "barrage" mean?
As a noun, "barrage" means: Barrière qui ferme un chemin.
What words are commonly confused with "barrage"?
"barrage" is commonly confused with "barre", "barrée", "battage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barrage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barrage" is \bɑ.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barrage" come from?
"barrage" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list