barre oblique inversée
\ba.ʁ‿ɔ.bli.k‿ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se\
The verdict
“barre oblique inversée” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Signe sous la forme « \ ».
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barre oblique inversée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁ‿ɔ.bli.k‿ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barre oblique inversée” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for barre oblique inversée is 22 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.ʁ‿ɔ.bli.k‿ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Signe sous la forme « \ ».".
barre oblique inversée has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is barre oblique inversée, spelled B-A-R-R-E- -O-B-L-I-Q-U-E- -I-N-V-E-R-S-É-E.
Definition
- 1Signe sous la forme « \ ».
This word in other languages
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Using “barre oblique inversée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-R-E- -O-B-L-I-Q-U-E- -I-N-V-E-R-S-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.ʁ‿ɔ.bli.k‿ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.