Barbarei
[baʁbaˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Barbarei” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,816. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,816
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ungezügelte Rohheit, Vandalismus
Corpus desk
Index DE-barbarei · Barbarei · German
Barbarei · rank #36,816 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,816
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH baskets
Nearest frequency peer: baskets (+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 „Barbarei“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Aussichtspu…
Aussichtspunkt
63,188 corpus weight
- Avignon
Avignon
63,187 corpus weight
- Barbarei
Barbarei
63,185 corpus weight
- baskets
baskets
63,184 corpus weight
- bedauerte
bedauerte
63,181 corpus weight
- bedingungsl…
bedingungslosen
63,180 corpus weight
What this shows „Barbarei“ 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 | Barbarei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baʁbaˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Barbarei“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Barbarei (IPA [baʁbaˈʁaɪ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,816 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barbarei, with forms such as "abrbarei", "babrarei", and "barabrei". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Barbaren", "Barbar", "Barbara", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Barbarei, spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1ungezügelte Rohheit, Vandalismus
- 2Zustand der Unzivilisiertheit und des Nichtvorhandenseins von Kultur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Barbarei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Behandlung der Gefangenen erwies sich als reine Barbarei.
„Ich fing an zu begreifen, weshalb die Angst, es könne zu einem Rückfall in die Barbarei kommen, viele Menschen zeitlebens begleitete.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abrbarei
- babrarei
- barabrei
- barbaeri
- barbarie
- barbarrei
- barbbarei
- barbraei
- barrbarei
- bbarbarei
- brabarei
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Barbarei - 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 "Barbarei", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).