barreur
\ba.ʁœʁ\
The verdict
“barreur” is an uncommon French word, ranked #72,104 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,104
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui tient la barre d'un bateau pour le diriger.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barreur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barreur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for barreur is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ba.ʁœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #72,104 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
barreur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is barreur, spelled B-A-R-R-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui tient la barre d'un bateau pour le diriger.
- 2En aviron, membre d'une équipe de rameurs chargé d’assurer le rythme et de diriger le bateau.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “barreur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-R-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.ʁœʁ\ (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.