Barrel
[ˈbɛʁəl]
The verdict
“Barrel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,458. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,458
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maßeinheit des Raums. Man unterscheidet zwischen imperialen und (US-)amerikanischen Barrel sowie zwischen dem Barrel für Erdölprodukte und dem für Brauereiprodukte.
Corpus desk
Index DE-barrel · Barrel · German
Barrel · rank #33,458 · 7 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,458
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH ballern
Nearest frequency peer: ballern (-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 „Barrel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Backhaus
Backhaus
66,546 corpus weight
- Badesee
Badesee
66,545 corpus weight
- ballern
ballern
66,544 corpus weight
- Barrel
Barrel
66,543 corpus weight
- BDA
BDA
66,542 corpus weight
- bedurfte
bedurfte
66,541 corpus weight
What this shows „Barrel“ 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 | 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) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Barrel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Barrel (IPA [ˈbɛʁəl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,458 among 5,818 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Barrel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die USA verbrauchen schätzungsweise 20 Millionen Barrel Öl am Tag.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Barrel", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).