Côte des Barbaresques
\kot de baʁ.ba.ʁɛsk\
The verdict
“Côte des Barbaresques” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancien nom de la côte du Maghreb.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Côte des Barbaresques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kot de baʁ.ba.ʁɛsk\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Côte des Barbaresques” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Côte des Barbaresques is 21 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kot de baʁ.ba.ʁɛsk\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ancien nom de la côte du Maghreb.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Côte des Barbaresques in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Côte des Barbaresques, spelled C-Ô-T-E- -D-E-S- -B-A-R-B-A-R-E-S-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de la côte du Maghreb.
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.
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Using “Côte des Barbaresques”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-Ô-T-E- -D-E-S- -B-A-R-B-A-R-E-S-Q-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kot de baʁ.ba.ʁɛsk\ (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
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.