barrer

\ba.ʁe\

/\ba.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“barrer” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,523. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,523
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fermer avec une barre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-barrer · barrer · French

barrer · rank #12,523 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,523
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH banlieues

Nearest frequency peer: banlieues (-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 « barrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « barrer » 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).

barrer vs Barry
50% similar
barrer vs Bauer
50% similar
barrer vs bayer
67% similar

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

Key facts for barrer
PropertyValue
Headwordbarrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ba.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,523
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « barrer »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « banlieues » (#12,522), « australienne » (#12,521), « bobo » (#12,525). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barrer » est au #12,523. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around barrer (IPA \ba.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,523 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for barrer, with forms such as "abrrer", "barerr", and "barrerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Barry", "Bauer", "bayer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is barrer, spelled B-A-R-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fermer avec une barre.
  2. 2
    Verrouiller, fermer à clef.
  3. 3
    Fermer, obstruer un chemin, un passage.
  4. 4
    Traverser, gêner quelqu’un dans ses projets, dans ses entreprises, lui susciter des obstacles ; barrer le chemin.
  5. 5
    Garnir, fortifier d’une barre.
  6. 6
    Tirer un ou plusieurs traits de plume sur quelque écrit, pour montrer qu’on ne doit pas y avoir égard, pour le biffer, l’annuler.
  7. 7
    Écarter, exclure, ne pas retenir.
  8. 8
    Lier, afin d’empêcher une maladie de s’étendre d’une partie à une autre.
  9. 9
    Arrêter des douleurs ou guérir une maladie.
  10. 10
    Diriger un vaisseau à l’aide de la barre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il avait fallu barrer les portes, faire de nuit des rondes avec un fusil autour des bâtiments.
  2. Y vont barrer les portes.

This word in other languages

bar(English)atrancar(Español)absperren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrrer
  • barerr
  • barrerr
  • barrre
  • bbarrer
  • brarer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barrer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abrrer2barerr2barrerr1barrre2bbarrer1brarer2
Edit distance from "barrer"

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 "barrer"?
"barrer" is spelled B-A-R-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁe\.
What does "barrer" mean?
As a verb, "barrer" means: Fermer avec une barre.
What words are commonly confused with "barrer"?
"barrer" is commonly confused with "Barry", "Bauer", "bayer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barrer" is \ba.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barrer" come from?
"barrer" 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 "barrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

boites#12,526brèche#12,527émeute#12,505datent#12,548

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

arcs6 variantsclass6 variantsculs6 variantstalk6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list