barrette

\ba.ʁɛt\

/\ba.ʁɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“barrette” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,056
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-barrette · barrette · French

barrette · rank #20,056 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,056
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baronne

Nearest frequency peer: baronne (-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 « barrette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « barrette » 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).

barrette vs beurette
75% similar
barrette vs barrettes
89% similar
barrette vs barrée
63% similar

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

Key facts for barrette
PropertyValue
Headwordbarrette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ʁɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,056
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « barrette »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.barrettese 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 « baronne » (#20,055), « bear » (#20,057), « barnes » (#20,054). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barrette » est au #20,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around barrette (IPA \ba.ʁɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,056 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for barrette, with forms such as "abrrette", "barertte", and "barette". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "beurette", "barrettes", "barrée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is barrette, spelled B-A-R-R-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite barre.
  2. 2
    Petite barre.
  3. 3
    Petite barre.
  4. 4
    Petite pince pour attacher les cheveux.
  5. 5
    Fils tendus recouverts par un point de broderie.
  6. 6
    Insigne d’une décoration quand on n’en porte pas la croix.
  7. 7
    Rayon d’une roue de mécanisme horloger.
  8. 8
    Petite barre de haschisch (généralement moins de 10 grammes).
  9. 9
    Composant électronique permettant de stocker de la mémoire vive.
  10. 10
    Paroi moulée de petite dimension.
  11. 11
    Élément métallique servant à rendre solidaires deux profilés parallèles.
  12. 12
    Jeu proche du rugby.— (Revue universelle, volume 9, Éd. Larousse, 1899)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La barrette d’une chaînette de montre.
  2. […] la maîtresse, la Sylvestre, qui ne me blairait pas, toujours à me reprendre et se moquer de mes manières, elle ressemblait à sainte Thérèse de Lisieux, avec ses tifs ramenés par une barrette derrière la tête et dégoulinant dans le dos.

This word in other languages

barrette(English)pasador(Español)travessão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrrette
  • barertte
  • barette
  • barrete
  • barretet
  • barrtete
  • bbarrette
  • brarette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barrette - 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.

abrrette2barertte2barette1barrete1barretet2barrtete2bbarrette1brarette2
Edit distance from "barrette"

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 "barrette"?
"barrette" is spelled B-A-R-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁɛt\.
What does "barrette" mean?
As a noun, "barrette" means: Petite barre.
What words are commonly confused with "barrette"?
"barrette" is commonly confused with "beurette", "barrettes", "barrée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barrette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barrette" is \ba.ʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barrette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Belkacem#20,058assurera#20,052biennale#20,060aspirant#20,050

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

baronne8 variantsappuyez8 variantscannelle8 variantscavale8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list