Which to use
“barra” and “barrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,267
- “barra” frequency rank
- #46,019
- “barrez” frequency rank
- 82286
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | barra | barrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de barrer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe barrer. |
Where the eye mixes barra and barrez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. barra runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against barrez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: barra vs barrez
A purely visual mix-up. barra (\ba.ʁa\) and barrez (\ba.ʁe\) 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 82286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
barra is recorded at frequency rank #36,267, classified as averb, pronounced \ba.ʁa\. barrez is at rank #46,019, tagged as averb, pronounced \ba.ʁe\.
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 82286, this pair ranks #17,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of barra vs barrez
Shared letters: abr. Private to "barra": -. Private to "barrez": ez.
"barra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "barrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "barra" and "barrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "barra" or "barrez" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "barra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "barrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "barra" and "barrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "baisez vs barrez". 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 #17,032 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.