Barbar
[baʁˈbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Barbar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,505
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung im antiken Griechenland für schlecht oder gar nicht griechisch sprechende Menschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-barbar · Barbar · German
Barbar · rank #49,505 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,505
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Ballungszentr…
Nearest frequency peer: Ballungszentren (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Barbar“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Bahnfahrt
Bahnfahrt
50,498 corpus weight
- Ballungszen…
Ballungszentren
50,497 corpus weight
- Barbar
Barbar
50,496 corpus weight
- Bauamt
Bauamt
50,495 corpus weight
- Baumstämme
Baumstämme
50,494 corpus weight
- Bedburg
Bedburg
50,493 corpus weight
What this shows „Barbar“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Barbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baʁˈbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Barbar“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Barbar (IPA [baʁˈbaːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,505 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barbar, with forms such as "abrbar", "babrar", and "barabr". 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 also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Barbie", "Bärbel", "barber", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Barbar, spelled B-A-R-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung im antiken Griechenland für schlecht oder gar nicht griechisch sprechende Menschen
- 2Mensch, dessen Verhaltensstandard weniger „zivilisiert“ ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Barbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Also die Griechen waren zunächst einmal Leute, die in ihre eigene Sprache vernarrt waren. Die Griechen nennen ja die anderen Völker im Gegensatz zu ihnen die Barbaren, und das heißt, die Leute, die nicht anständig reden können, die nur bar-brr-brr-brr sprechen, Barbarei und so weiter.
„So konnten sie offensichtlich eigennützige Feldzüge als altruistische Missionen tarnen, die dazu dienten, wilde Barbaren zu zivilisieren.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abrbar
- babrar
- barabr
- barbarr
- barbbar
- barbra
- barrbar
- bbarbar
- brabar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Barbar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Barbar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).