figue de Barbarie
\fiɡ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\
The verdict
“figue 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
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Baie du figuier de Barbarie (Opuntia ficus-indica), couleur et forme varient selon les variétés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-figue-de-barbarie · figue de Barbarie · French
figue de Barbarie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | figue de Barbarie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fiɡ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
figue de Barbarie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fiɡ də baʁ.ba.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Baie du figuier de Barbarie (Opuntia ficus-indica), couleur et forme varient selon les variétés.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for figue de Barbarie, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is figue de Barbarie, spelled F-I-G-U-E- -D-E- -B-A-R-B-A-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Baie du figuier de Barbarie (Opuntia ficus-indica), couleur et forme varient selon les variétés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how figue de Barbarie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La cueillette des figues de Barbarie est un exercice périlleux, les ardillons pénètrent dans la peau et n'en ressortent que difficilement.
La charge d’âne pesant en moyenne 58 kilos, les 450 charges représentent donc un poids total de 26.100 kilos de figues de Barbarie pour 1 hectare 37 ares, ce qui fait 19.024 kilos par hectare.
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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.