se barrer
\sə bɑ.ʁe\
The verdict
“se barrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se tirer ; foutre le camp ; partir en vitesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-barrer · se barrer · French
se barrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | se barrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə bɑ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se barrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se barrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə bɑ.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se tirer ; foutre le camp ; partir en vitesse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for se barrer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is se barrer, spelled S-E- -B-A-R-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se tirer ; foutre le camp ; partir en vitesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se barrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme il avait une poule dans la même boite où que j’grattais, il m’obligeait à partir avec elle le soir […], puis il s’barrait plumer avec une autre. C’est quelque chose, hein, comme affront !
Mais on n'a pas tiré, nous ! On n'avait même pas nos flingues, […]. Parole. On a même cru qu'ils nous canardaient, les vaches, on s’est barrés quand on a entendu tirer…
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.