cochon de Barbarie

\kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\

/\kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“cochon de Barbarie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cochon d’Inde, cobaye.

Key facts for cochon de Barbarie
PropertyValue
Headwordcochon de Barbarie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cochon de Barbarie” sits in French frequency

cochon de Barbarie falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cochon de Barbarie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cochon d’Inde, cobaye.".

cochon de Barbarie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cochon de Barbarie, spelled C-O-C-H-O-N- -D-E- -B-A-R-B-A-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cochon d’Inde, cobaye.

This word in other languages

Meerschweinchen(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cochon de Barbarie"?
"cochon de Barbarie" is spelled C-O-C-H-O-N- -D-E- -B-A-R-B-A-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\.
What does "cochon de Barbarie" mean?
As a noun, "cochon de Barbarie" means: Cochon d’Inde, cobaye.
How do you pronounce "cochon de Barbarie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cochon de Barbarie" is \kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cochon de Barbarie" come from?
"cochon de Barbarie" 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 “cochon de Barbarie”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-C-H-O-N- -D-E- -B-A-R-B-A-R-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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