mener en barque
\mə.ne.ʁ‿ɑ̃ baʁk\
The verdict
“mener en barque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tromper quelqu’un avec un mensonge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mener-en-barque · mener en barque · French
mener en barque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mener en barque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mə.ne.ʁ‿ɑ̃ baʁk\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mener en barque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mener en barque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mə.ne.ʁ‿ɑ̃ baʁk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tromper quelqu’un avec un mensonge.".
mener en barque has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mener en barque, spelled M-E-N-E-R- -E-N- -B-A-R-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Tromper quelqu’un avec un mensonge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mener en barque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mario, anéanti par la chute de sa femme, m’a tout avoué, mais il avait commencé à vous en donner pour votre argent et, le vendredi matin, m’avait très gentiment mené en barque.
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.