barre oblique inverse
\ba.ʁ‿ɔ.bli.k‿ɛ̃.vɛʁs\
The verdict
“barre oblique inverse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signe sous la forme « \ ».
Corpus desk
Index FR-barre-oblique-inverse · barre oblique inverse · French
barre oblique inverse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barre oblique inverse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁ‿ɔ.bli.k‿ɛ̃.vɛʁs\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « barre oblique inverse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
barre oblique inverse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ʁ‿ɔ.bli.k‿ɛ̃.vɛʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Signe sous la forme « \ ».".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for barre oblique inverse, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is barre oblique inverse, spelled B-A-R-R-E- -O-B-L-I-Q-U-E- -I-N-V-E-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Signe sous la forme « \ ».
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.