barrier

\bɑ.ʁje\

/\bɑ.ʁje\/ noun

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The verdict

“barrier” is uncommon French (frequency #66,522 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,522
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui, dans la fabrication des monnaies, tournait la barre du balancier.

Key facts for barrier
PropertyValue
Headwordbarrier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɑ.ʁje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,522
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “barrier” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). barrier lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

barrier is uncommon French at frequency #66,522 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɑ.ʁje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui, dans la fabrication des monnaies, tournait la barre du balancier.".

No misspelling variants are generated for barrier in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is barrier, spelled B-A-R-R-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui, dans la fabrication des monnaies, tournait la barre du balancier.

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 "barrier"?
"barrier" is spelled B-A-R-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɑ.ʁje\.
What does "barrier" mean?
As a noun, "barrier" means: Celui qui, dans la fabrication des monnaies, tournait la barre du balancier.
How do you pronounce "barrier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barrier" is \bɑ.ʁje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barrier" come from?
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Using “barrier”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-R-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bɑ.ʁje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list