barmen

[ˈbaʁmən]

/[ˈbaʁmən]/ verb

The verdict

“barmen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,676. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,676
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandes Mitgefühl, Mitleid erregen

Corpus desk

Index DE-barmen · barmen · German

barmen · rank #41,676 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,676
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bahnstrecken

Nearest frequency peer: Bahnstrecken (-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 „barmen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „barmen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

barmen vs bauen
67% similar
barmen vs Baron
50% similar
barmen vs Basen
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for barmen
PropertyValue
Headwordbarmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbaʁmən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,676
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „barmen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).barmenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bahnstrecken“ (#41,675), „Barsch“ (#41,677), „Ausscheidung“ (#41,674). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „barmen“ bei #41,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around barmen (IPA [ˈbaʁmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,676 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 barmen, with forms such as "abrmen", "bamren", and "baremn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bauen", "Baron", "Basen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is barmen, spelled B-A-R-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandes Mitgefühl, Mitleid erregen
  2. 2
    etwas weinerlich beklagen, lamentieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how barmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ach, Du Arme, Du barmst mich!
  2. „Es geht der Union vor allem darum, den Christlich-Sozialen etwas Gutes zu tun, dem Edmund Stoiber auch, weil die so barmen, dass der Geheimdienst aus Pullach in Bayern wegzieht.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrmen
  • bamren
  • baremn
  • barmenn
  • barmmen
  • barmne
  • barrmen
  • bbarmen
  • bramen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barmen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abrmen2bamren2baremn2barmenn1barmmen1barmne2barrmen1bbarmen1
Edit distance from "barmen"

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 "barmen"?
"barmen" is spelled B-A-R-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaʁmən].
What does "barmen" mean?
As a verb, "barmen" means: jemandes Mitgefühl, Mitleid erregen
What words are commonly confused with "barmen"?
"barmen" is commonly confused with "bauen", "Baron", "Basen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barmen" is [ˈbaʁmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barmen" come from?
"barmen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "barmen", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list