Which to use
“barque” and “barre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,097
- “barque” frequency rank
- #2,068
- “barre” frequency rank
- 17165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | barque | barre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit bateau. | Pièce de bois, de métal, etc., étroite et longue. |
Where the eye mixes barque and barre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: barque vs barre
A purely visual mix-up. barque (\baʁk\) and barre (\baʁ\) 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 17165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
barque is recorded at frequency rank #15,097, classified as anoun, pronounced \baʁk\. barre is at rank #2,068, tagged as anoun, pronounced \baʁ\.
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 17165, this pair ranks #384,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of barque vs barre
Shared letters: aber. Private to "barque": qu. Private to "barre": -.
"barque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "barre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "barque" and "barre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "barque" or "barre"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "barque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "barre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "barque" and "barre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baquet vs barque". 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 #384,481 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.