Which to use
“barrée” is an adjective and “barrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,217
- “barrée” frequency rank
- #46,019
- “barrez” frequency rank
- 71236
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | barrée | barrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de barré. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe barrer. |
Same sound, different letters: barrée vs barrez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. barrée (CVCCVV) and barrez (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - barrée and barrez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: barrée and barrez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ba.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
barrée is recorded at frequency rank #25,217, classified as anadj, pronounced \ba.ʁe\. 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 71236, this pair ranks #48,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of barrée vs barrez
Shared letters: aber. Private to "barrée": é. Private to "barrez": z.
"barrée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "barrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- barrez ← abrrez · barerz · barez · barrezz · barrze · bbarrez · brarez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "barrée" and "barrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "barrée" or "barrez"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "barrée" / "barrez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "barrée" 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 #48,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "barrée" 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 #48,321 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.