figuier de Barbarie
\fi.ɡje də baʁ.ba.ʁi\
The verdict
“figuier de Barbarie” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom usuel de Opuntia ficus-indica, cactus originaire des haut plateaux secs du Mexique et qui est cultivé pour ses fruits nommées figues de Barbarie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | figuier de Barbarie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fi.ɡje də baʁ.ba.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “figuier de Barbarie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for figuier de Barbarie is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fi.ɡje də baʁ.ba.ʁi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for figuier de Barbarie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is figuier de Barbarie, spelled F-I-G-U-I-E-R- -D-E- -B-A-R-B-A-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Nom usuel de Opuntia ficus-indica, cactus originaire des haut plateaux secs du Mexique et qui est cultivé pour ses fruits nommées figues de Barbarie.
- 2Nom donné à plusieurs espèces de cactus du genre Opuntia, ayant des cladodes en forme de raquettes (cactus raquette) épineuses, naturalisé notamment sur le pourtour méditerranéen et en Afrique du Sud, qui produit un fruit comestible appelé figue 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.
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- The one correct French spelling is F-I-G-U-I-E-R- -D-E- -B-A-R-B-A-R-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.