barreau

\ba.ʁo\

/\ba.ʁo\/ noun

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The verdict

“barreau” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,455
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Barre de bois ou de fer qui sert de clôture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-barreau · barreau · French

barreau · rank #10,455 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,455
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH automobilistes

Nearest frequency peer: automobilistes (-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 « barreau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « barreau » 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).

barreau vs bureau
71% similar
barreau vs bateau
71% similar
barreau vs barres
71% similar

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

Key facts for barreau
PropertyValue
Headwordbarreau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ʁo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,455
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « barreau »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).barreause 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 « automobilistes » (#10,454), « astuces » (#10,453), « Blake » (#10,457). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barreau » est au #10,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around barreau (IPA \ba.ʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,455 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for barreau, with forms such as "abrreau", "bareau", and "barerau". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "bureau", "bateau", "barres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is barreau, spelled B-A-R-R-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Barre de bois ou de fer qui sert de clôture.
  2. 2
    Un des bâtons qui servent à assembler et à maintenir les montants d’une chaise.
  3. 3
    Barre de fer terminée par un gros manche de bois qui servait à faire mouvoir la vis de la presse.
  4. 4
    Barre d’un balancier.
  5. 5
    Enceinte réservée où se mettent les avocats pour plaider.
  6. 6
    Ordre ou corps des avocats.
  7. 7
    Profession même d’avocat.
  8. 8
    Synonyme de bar commun (poisson).
  9. 9
    Érection.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La loge de l’héroïne, également, est intéressante à cet égard, puisqu'elle est constituée d'une roulotte-cage aux barreaux chamarrés.
  2. J'en bande, j'en ai des bouffées. […]. Le Pierrot à côté doit être comme moi, la gueule entre les barreaux à frimer, gamberger un viol en levrette à la surprenante.

This word in other languages

bar(English)vara(Español)Stange(Deutsch)pau(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrreau
  • bareau
  • barerau
  • barraeu
  • barreua
  • bbarreau
  • brareau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abrreau2bareau1barerau2barraeu2barreua2bbarreau1brareau2
Edit distance from "barreau"

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 "barreau"?
"barreau" is spelled B-A-R-R-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁo\.
What does "barreau" mean?
As a noun, "barreau" means: Barre de bois ou de fer qui sert de clôture.
What words are commonly confused with "barreau"?
"barreau" is commonly confused with "bureau", "bateau", "barres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barreau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barreau" is \ba.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barreau" come from?
"barreau" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

astuces#10,453classer#10,470adverse#10,439cliquer#10,471

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Blake7 variantsdaily7 variantségaux7 variantstoits7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list