barrage
\bɑ.ʁaʒ\
The verdict
“barrage” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,911 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,911
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Barrière qui ferme un chemin.
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 | barrage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɑ.ʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barrage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for barrage is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɑ.ʁaʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,911 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Barrière qui ferme un chemin.
- 2Constructions 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.
- 3Rochers qui barrent une rivière.
- 4Obstacle imprévu. Opposition déterminée, concertée, en vue d’empêcher quelque chose.
- 5Droit de péage sur les voitures et les bêtes de somme, pour l’entretien des routes ^([2]).
- 6Linge ouvré ^([2]).
- 7Dans certaines épreuves de sauts d’obstacles, parcours supplémentaire destiné à départager les ex æquos ayant fait un sans-faute.
- 8Pause 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.
- 9Barrière faite par les policiers qui ferme un chemin, pour interpeller le conducteur d'un véhicule ou à une scène de crime.
- 10Action qui consiste à barrer, rayer des mots, des symboles.
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.
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.
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Using “barrage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bɑ.ʁaʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “barre” - see the side-by-side comparison. barrage vs barre
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.