derrière les barreaux

\dɛ.ʁjɛʁ lɛ bɑ.ʁo\

/\dɛ.ʁjɛʁ lɛ bɑ.ʁo\/ adv

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The verdict

“derrière les barreaux” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - 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) - En prison.

Key facts for derrière les barreaux
PropertyValue
Headwordderrière les barreaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\dɛ.ʁjɛʁ lɛ bɑ.ʁo\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “derrière les barreaux” sits in French frequency

derrière les barreaux 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for derrière les barreaux is 21 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɛ.ʁjɛʁ lɛ bɑ.ʁo\. 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: "En prison.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for derrière les barreaux, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is derrière les barreaux, spelled D-E-R-R-I-È-R-E- -L-E-S- -B-A-R-R-E-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    En prison.

This word in other languages

behind bars(English)

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 "derrière les barreaux"?
"derrière les barreaux" is spelled D-E-R-R-I-È-R-E- -L-E-S- -B-A-R-R-E-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛ.ʁjɛʁ lɛ bɑ.ʁo\.
What does "derrière les barreaux" mean?
As an adverb, "derrière les barreaux" means: En prison.
How do you pronounce "derrière les barreaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "derrière les barreaux" is \dɛ.ʁjɛʁ lɛ bɑ.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "derrière les barreaux" come from?
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Using “derrière les barreaux”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is D-E-R-R-I-È-R-E- -L-E-S- -B-A-R-R-E-A-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \dɛ.ʁjɛʁ lɛ bɑ.ʁo\ (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list