Barrierefreiheit
[baˈʁi̯eːʁəˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Barrierefreiheit” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #26,319 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,319
- frequency rank, German
- 16
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand, bei dem Räumlichkeiten, Verkehrsmittel oder Medien frei von Barrieren und Hindernissen für Behinderte sind
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Barrierefreiheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈʁi̯eːʁəˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #26,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Barrierefreiheit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Barrierefreiheit is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈʁi̯eːʁəˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,319 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zustand, bei dem Räumlichkeiten, Verkehrsmittel oder Medien frei von Barrieren und Hindernissen für Behinderte sind".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barrierefreiheit, with forms such as "abrrierefreiheit", "barierefreiheit", and "barirerefreiheit". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Barrierefreiheit, spelled B-A-R-R-I-E-R-E-F-R-E-I-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zustand, bei dem Räumlichkeiten, Verkehrsmittel oder Medien frei von Barrieren und Hindernissen für Behinderte sind
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abrrierefreiheit,barierefreiheit,barirerefreiheit,barreirefreiheit,barrieerfreiheit,barriereferiheit,barriereffreiheit,barrierefrehieit,barrierefreiehit,barrierefreiheitt,barrierefreiheti,barrierefreihheit,barrierefreihiet,barrierefrieheit,barrierefriehiet,barrierefrreiheit,barriererfeiheit,barrierfereiheit,barrierrefreiheit,barrireefreiheit,bbarrierefreiheit,brarierefreiheit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Barrierefreiheit - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Barrierefreiheit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-R-R-I-E-R-E-F-R-E-I-H-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baˈʁi̯eːʁəˌfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.