baresvsbariConfusable pair

Quick tell: bares is a adjective, bari is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bares” is an adjective and “bari” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,894
“bares” frequency rank
#45,154
“bari” frequency rank
67048
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bares bari
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bar Hirte

Letter map: bares vs bari

Shared letters muted; letters that set bares and bari apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. bares runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against bari's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
bares
4 ch
bari

Part-of-speech tell for bares / bari

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bares is anadjective and barianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bares is recorded at frequency rank #21,894, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaːʁəs]. bari is at rank #45,154, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 67048, this pair ranks #552,945 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bares vs bari

Shared letters: abr. Private to "bares": es. Private to "bari": i.

"bares" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "bari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bares ← abres · baers · baress · barres · barse · bbares · braes
  • bari ← abri · bair · barri · bbari · brai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bares" for "bari" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bares" is an adjective and "bari" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "bares" or "bari"?
"bares" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,894 in our German list, against #45,154 for "bari". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "bares" and "bari". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bares" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bari" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #552,945 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bares" and "bari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bari vs puzzles". 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 #552,945 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list