Barbaras

[ˈbaʁbaʁas]

/[ˈbaʁbaʁas]/ noun

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The verdict

“Barbaras” is uncommon German (frequency #99,528 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,528
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Barbara

Corpus desk

Index DE-barbaras · Barbaras · German

Barbaras · rank #99,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,528
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Baran

Nearest frequency peer: Baran (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Barbaras“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Barbaras“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Barbaras
PropertyValue
HeadwordBarbaras
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaʁbaʁas]
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,528
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Barbaras“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Barbarasfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Baran“ (#99,527), „Barnard“ (#99,529), „Bannkreis“ (#99,526). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Barbaras“ bei #99,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Barbaras is uncommon German at frequency #99,528 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaʁbaʁas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Barbaras in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Barbaras, spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Barbara
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Barbara
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Barbara
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Barbara
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Barbara

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Barbaras"?
"Barbaras" is spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaʁbaʁas].
What does "Barbaras" mean?
As a noun, "Barbaras" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Barbara
How do you pronounce "Barbaras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Barbaras" is [ˈbaʁbaʁas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Barbaras" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Barbaras", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bandname#99,525Baujahre#99,534Autodieb#99,510Autodach#99,509

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list