Barbados

/[baʁˈbaːdɔs]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,470

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Barbados is aGermanname. It means: Inselstaat in der Karibik Pronounced [baʁˈbaːdɔs].

Key facts for Barbados
PropertyValue
HeadwordBarbados
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[baʁˈbaːdɔs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,470
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Barbados in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Barbados is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baʁˈbaːdɔs]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,470 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Inselstaat in der Karibik".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barbados, with forms such as "abrbados", "babrados", and "barabdos". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Barbados, spelled B-A-R-B-A-D-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inselstaat in der Karibik

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abrbados,babrados,barabdos,barbaddos,barbadoss,barbadso,barbaods,barbbados,barbdaos,barrbados,bbarbados,brabados

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Barbados

Misspelling Variants of "Barbados"

abrbados8babrados8barabdos8barbaddos9barbadoss9barbadso8barbaods8barbbados9
Misspelling Variants of "Barbados"

Frequency rank: #44,470 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Barbados"?
"Barbados" is spelled B-A-R-B-A-D-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [baʁˈbaːdɔs].
What does "Barbados" mean?
As a name, "Barbados" means: Inselstaat in der Karibik
What are common misspellings of "Barbados"?
Common misspellings include "abrbados", "babrados", "barabdos", "barbaddos", "barbadoss". The correct spelling is "Barbados".
How do you pronounce "Barbados"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Barbados" is [baʁˈbaːdɔs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Barbados" come from?
"Barbados" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.