cochon de Barbarie
\kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\
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 September 3, 2026) - Cochon d’Inde, cobaye.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cochon-de-barbarie · cochon de Barbarie · French
cochon de Barbarie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cochon de Barbarie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cochon de Barbarie » en français
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
- 1Cochon d’Inde, cobaye.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cochon de Barbarie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chacun en entrant allait accrocher son instrument à un clou au-dessus de son lit ; celui-ci un violon, celui-là une harpe, un autre une flûte, ou une piva ; ceux qui n’étaient pas musiciens mais simplement montreurs de bêtes fourraient dans une cage leurs marmottes ou leurs cochons de Barbarie.
This word in other languages
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.