barricade
[bærɪˈkeɪd]
The verdict
“barricade” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Straße / einen Durchgang blockieren, mit einer Barrikade versperren
Corpus desk
Index DE-barricade · barricade · German
barricade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barricade |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bærɪˈkeɪd] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „barricade“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
barricade is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bærɪˈkeɪd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Straße / einen Durchgang blockieren, mit einer Barrikade versperren".
No generated misspelling entries exist for barricade in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is barricade, spelled B-A-R-R-I-C-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1eine Straße / einen Durchgang blockieren, mit einer Barrikade versperren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barricade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"In many Sections the drums beat to arms; the Section of the Theatre Francais had advanced posts even as far as the Pont Neuf, which it had barricaded."
"In his corner of the first-class compartment filled with City men the smothered sobbing still haunted him, so he opened the Times with the rich crackle that drowns all lesser sounds, and, barricaded behind it, set himself steadily to con the news."
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.