Which to use
“barème” and “barge” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,572
- “barème” frequency rank
- #28,069
- “barge” frequency rank
- 43641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | barème | barge |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recueil de comptes déjà faits à l'avance (certains présentés sous la forme de tableaux), facilitant le travail des comptables. | Oiseau limicole du genre Limosa. |
Where the eye mixes barème and barge
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. barème runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against barge's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: barème vs barge
A purely visual mix-up. barème (\ba.ʁɛm\) and barge (\baʁʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
barème is recorded at frequency rank #15,572, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.ʁɛm\. barge is at rank #28,069, tagged as anoun, pronounced \baʁʒ\.
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 43641, this pair ranks #216,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of barème vs barge
Shared letters: aber. Private to "barème": mè. Private to "barge": g.
"barème" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "barge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- barge ← abrge · bagre · bareg · bargge · barrge · bbarge · brage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "barème" for "barge" ever safe?
Frequency check: "barème" vs "barge" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "barème" and "barge" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "barème" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "barge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "barème" and "barge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "badger vs barge". 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 #216,495 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.