barre

Name: barre, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[baʁ]

/[baʁ]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“barre” is uncommon German (frequency #57,692 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,692
frequency rank, German: 5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stange, Barre

Corpus desk

Index DE-barre · barre · German

barre · rank #57,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #57,692
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,818
PHOTO-FINISH Bankkonten

Nearest frequency peer: Bankkonten (-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.

auszulassen

42,312
Bajonett

42,311
Bankkonten

42,310
barre

42,309
Baugrube

42,307
Bauindustrie

42,306

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

Key facts for barre
Property	Value
Headword	barre
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[baʁ]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#57,692
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „barre“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).barrefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#57,692

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bankkonten“ (#57,691), „Bajonett“ (#57,690), „Baugrube“ (#57,694). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „barre“ bei #57,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

barre is uncommon German at frequency #57,692 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

barre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is barre, spelled B-A-R-R-E.

Definition

1
Stange, Barre
2
Pinne

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 "barre"?

"barre" is spelled B-A-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [baʁ].

What does "barre" mean?

As a noun, "barre" means: Stange, Barre

How do you pronounce "barre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barre" is [baʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "barre" come from?

"barre" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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