barres

\baʁ\

/\baʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“barres” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,786. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,786
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de barre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-barres · barres · French

barres · rank #6,786 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,786
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bague

Nearest frequency peer: bague (-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 « barres »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « barres » 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).

barres vs bars
67% similar
barres vs bases
67% similar
barres vs Barry
50% similar

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

Key facts for barres
PropertyValue
Headwordbarres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\baʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,786
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « barres »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).barresse 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 « bague » (#6,785), « bec » (#6,787), « bisous » (#6,788). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barres » est au #6,786. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around barres (IPA \baʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,786 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for barres, with forms such as "barers", "bares", and "barress". 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, "bars", "bases", "Barry", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is barres, spelled B-A-R-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de barre.
  2. 2
    Jeu de course entre des écoliers ou des jeunes gens qui se partagent entre deux camps opposés, marqués ordinairement par un sillon, par une branche de feuillage, etc. : dans les courses on observe certaines règles et chaque parti s’efforce de faire des prisonniers à l’autre.
  3. 3
    Partie de la mâchoire du cheval sur laquelle le mors appuie.
  4. 4
    Barres asymétriques ou barres parallèles, en gymnastique artistique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils remontent au total quatre lingots de cuivre et 84 barres de quartzite.
  2. Ce jour-là, en sortant du collège, je m’étais laissé entraîner à faire une partie de barres, et lorsque je me décidai à rentrer à la maison, il était beaucoup plus tard que je n’aurais voulu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • barers
  • bares
  • barress
  • barrse
  • bbarres
  • brares

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barres - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

barers2bares1barress1barrse2bbarres1brares2
Edit distance from "barres"

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 "barres"?
"barres" is spelled B-A-R-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \baʁ\.
What does "barres" mean?
As a noun, "barres" means: Pluriel de barre.
What words are commonly confused with "barres"?
"barres" is commonly confused with "bars", "bases", "Barry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barres" is \baʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barres" come from?
"barres" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bisous#6,788auriez#6,782bruits#6,790buteur#6,791

Similar misspelling depth

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

bague6 variantsAndy6 variantschic6 variantsflamme6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list