Barthélemy

/\baʁ.te.le.mi\/ name

The verdict

“Barthélemy” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #19,454 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#19,454
frequency rank, French
10
letters
17
tracked misspellings

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Variante de Barthélémy.

Key facts for Barthélemy
PropertyValue
HeadwordBarthélemy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\baʁ.te.le.mi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,454
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Barthélemy” 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). Barthélemy lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Barthélemy is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \baʁ.te.le.mi\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,454 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variante de Barthélémy.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barthélemy, with forms such as "abrthélemy", "barhtélemy", and "barrthélemy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Barthélemy, spelled B-A-R-T-H-É-L-E-M-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de Barthélémy.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abrthélemy,barhtélemy,barrthélemy,barthelemy,barthhélemy,barthléemy,barthéelmy,barthélemmy,barthélemyy,barthéleym,barthéllemy,barthélmey,bartthélemy,bartéhlemy,batrhélemy,bbarthélemy,brathélemy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Barthélemy — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Barthélemy"

abrthélemy2barhtélemy2barrthélemy1barthelemy1barthhélemy1barthléemy2barthéelmy2barthélemmy1
Edit distance from "Barthélemy"

Frequency rank: #19,454 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Barthélemy"?
"Barthélemy" is spelled B-A-R-T-H-É-L-E-M-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \baʁ.te.le.mi\.
What does "Barthélemy" mean?
As a proper noun, "Barthélemy" means: Variante de Barthélémy.
What are common misspellings of "Barthélemy"?
Common misspellings include "abrthélemy", "barhtélemy", "barrthélemy", "barthelemy", "barthhélemy". The correct spelling is "Barthélemy".
How do you pronounce "Barthélemy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Barthélemy" is \baʁ.te.le.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Barthélemy" come from?
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Using “Barthélemy”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-R-T-H-É-L-E-M-Y — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \baʁ.te.le.mi\ (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.