barrière

\ba.ʁjɛʁ\

/\ba.ʁjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“barrière” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,838
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Assemblage de plusieurs pièces de bois ou d’autres matériaux, servant à fermer un passage.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

barrière vs brière
75% similar
barrière vs Bavière
63% similar
barrière vs barrières
89% similar

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

Key facts for barrière
PropertyValue
Headwordbarrière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ba.ʁjɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,838
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “barrière” 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). barrière lands here:

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

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

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around barrière (IPA \ba.ʁjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,838 among 227,490 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for barrière, with forms such as "abrrière", "barirère", and "barière". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "brière", "Bavière", "barrières", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is barrière, spelled B-A-R-R-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assemblage de plusieurs pièces de bois ou d’autres matériaux, servant à fermer un passage.
  2. 2
    Porte d’entrée grillée d’une ville fortifiée.
  3. 3
    Bureaux placés aux voies d’accès des villes pour percevoir les droits d’entrée.
  4. 4
    Endroit mal famé.
  5. 5
    Enceinte fermée de barrières où se faisaient les joutes, les tournois, les courses de bague, etc.
  6. 6
    Ce qui sert de borne et de défense naturelle à un État.
  7. 7
    Empêchement ou obstacle à quelque chose.
  8. 8
    Meuble représentant l’objet du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle est généralement représentée avec un certain nombre de pals verticaux appointés reliés par 2 éléments horizontaux. À rapprocher de haie et palissade.
  9. 9
    Un des types d'obstacle figurant dans les courses de steeple-chase.
  10. 10
    Petite palissade ou muret formant traditionnellement la façade des loges et délimitant l'aire de spectacle d’un cirque.
  11. 11
    Haie d'honneur réunissant l'équipe des garçons de piste en uniforme devant le rideau situé à l'entrée des artistes.

This word in other languages

barrier(English)barrera(Español)Hecke(Deutsch)barreira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrrière
  • barirère
  • barière
  • barriere
  • barrirèe
  • barrièer
  • barrièrre
  • barrèire
  • bbarrière
  • brarière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abrrière2barirère2barière1barriere1barrirèe2barrièer2barrièrre1barrèire2
Edit distance from "barrière"

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 "barrière"?
"barrière" is spelled B-A-R-R-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.ʁjɛʁ\.
What does "barrière" mean?
As a noun, "barrière" means: Assemblage de plusieurs pièces de bois ou d’autres matériaux, servant à fermer un passage.
What words are commonly confused with "barrière"?
"barrière" is commonly confused with "brière", "Bavière", "barrières". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barrière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barrière" is \ba.ʁjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barrière" come from?
"barrière" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “barrière”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-R-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ba.ʁjɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “brière” - see the side-by-side comparison. barrière vs brière
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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