# barillet vs briller

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### barillet
*noun · IPA \ba.ʁi.jɛ\ · frequency rank #39,173*
Petit baril.

### briller
*verb · IPA \bʁi.je\ · frequency rank #10,648*
S’agiter, aller de-ci de-là, frétiller d’impatience.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/barillet-vs-briller