couteau de barbier
\ku.to də baʁ.bje\
The verdict
“couteau de barbier” 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) - Rasoir à lame pliante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couteau-de-barbier · couteau de barbier · French
couteau de barbier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | couteau de barbier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.to də baʁ.bje\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « couteau de barbier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
couteau de barbier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.to də baʁ.bje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rasoir à lame pliante.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for couteau de barbier, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is couteau de barbier, spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -D-E- -B-A-R-B-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rasoir à lame pliante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how couteau de barbier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce type de rasoir dispose d’une lame à double tranchant remplaçable et permet un rasage plus sûr sans risque de se couper comme avec un couteau de barbier.
Synonyms
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.