barricader

\ba.ʁi.ka.de\

/\ba.ʁi.ka.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“barricader” is uncommon French (frequency #72,105 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,105
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fermer, obstruer (une rue) par une barricade.

Corpus desk

Index FR-barricader · barricader · French

barricader · rank #72,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,105
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH barreur

Nearest frequency peer: barreur (-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 « barricader »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « barricader » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for barricader
PropertyValue
Headwordbarricader
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ba.ʁi.ka.de\
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,105
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « barricader » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).barricadertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « barreur » (#72,104), « barros » (#72,106), « barométrique » (#72,103). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « barricader » est au #72,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

barricader is uncommon French at frequency #72,105 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.ʁi.ka.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

barricader has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is barricader, spelled B-A-R-R-I-C-A-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fermer, obstruer (une rue) par une barricade.
  2. 2
    Fermer, obstruer (une ouverture de porte, de fenêtre) par des planches ou des objets massifs.
  3. 3
    Opposer au devant de soi tout ce que l’on peut pour faire obstacle à l’ennemi, pour se mettre à couvert, pour se défendre.
  4. 4
    S’enfermer pour ne voir personne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bagneux était à nous. Il s'agissait de le garder. On se mit à l’œuvre. On crénela les murs, on barricada les rues, et deux batteries s'établirent sur la place même, prêtes à balayer les issues.
  2. L'ours tomba en arrière, frappé à mort sans doute, et la porte, refermée, put être barricadée solidement.

This word in other languages

barricade(English)verbarrikadieren(Deutsch)barricar(Português)

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 "barricader"?
"barricader" is spelled B-A-R-R-I-C-A-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁi.ka.de\.
What does "barricader" mean?
As a verb, "barricader" means: Fermer, obstruer (une rue) par une barricade.
How do you pronounce "barricader"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barricader" is \ba.ʁi.ka.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barricader" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list