Barrel
[ˈbɛʁəl]
The verdict
“Barrel” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #33,458 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,458
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maßeinheit des Raums. Man unterscheidet zwischen imperialen und (US-)amerikanischen Barrel sowie zwischen dem Barrel für Erdölprodukte und dem für Brauereiprodukte.
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 | Barrel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛʁəl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #33,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Barrel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Barrel is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɛʁəl]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,458 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Maßeinheit des Raums. Man unterscheidet zwischen imperialen und (US-)amerikanischen Barrel sowie zwischen dem Barrel für Erdölprodukte und dem für Brauereiprodukte.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barrel, with forms such as "abrrel", "barel", and "barerl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Basel", "Barry", "Barren", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Barrel, spelled B-A-R-R-E-L.
Definition
- 1Maßeinheit des Raums. Man unterscheidet zwischen imperialen und (US-)amerikanischen Barrel sowie zwischen dem Barrel für Erdölprodukte und dem für Brauereiprodukte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abrrel,barel,barerl,barrell,barrle,bbarrel,brarel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Barrel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Barrel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-R-R-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbɛʁəl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Basel” - see the side-by-side comparison. Barrel vs Basel
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.