Which to use
“baraque” and “barques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,812
- “baraque” frequency rank
- #33,137
- “barques” frequency rank
- 48949
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | baraque | barques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Construction provisoire et légère, généralement faite en planches. | Pluriel de barque. |
Where the eye mixes baraque and barques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses baraque with barques
A purely visual mix-up. baraque (\ba.ʁak\) and barques (\baʁk\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
baraque is recorded at frequency rank #15,812, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.ʁak\. barques is at rank #33,137, tagged as anoun, pronounced \baʁk\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 48949, this pair ranks #174,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of baraque vs barques
Shared letters: abeqru. Private to "baraque": -. Private to "barques": s.
"baraque" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "barques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "baraque" and "barques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "baraque" or "barques"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "baraque" and "barques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "baraque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "barques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "baraque" and "barques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "barges vs barques". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #174,757 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.