barreur
\ba.ʁœʁ\
The verdict
“barreur” is uncommon French (frequency #72,104 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,104
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui tient la barre d'un bateau pour le diriger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barreur · barreur · French
barreur · rank #72,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,104
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH barométrique
Nearest frequency peer: barométrique (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « barreur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- barb
barb
27,900 corpus weight
- barométrique
barométrique
27,898 corpus weight
- barreur
barreur
27,897 corpus weight
- barricader
barricader
27,896 corpus weight
- barros
barros
27,895 corpus weight
- Beaudet
Beaudet
27,894 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « barreur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « barreur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
barreur is uncommon French at frequency #72,104 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ʁœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barreur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La jeune fille, assise dans le fauteuil du barreur, se laissait aller à la douceur d’être sur l’eau.
Pendant que l'équipier remet de l'ordre dans le bateau, le barreur règle le spinnaker et passe ensuite la retenue et l'écoute à l'équipier. Lorsque cela est terminé, ils peuvent reprendre la route normale.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).