Barth
[baːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“Barth” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,331 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #9,331
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - deutscher Familienname
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 | Barth |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [baːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Barth” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Barth is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baːɐ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,331 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "deutscher Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barth, with forms such as "abrth", "barht", and "barrth". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "baut", "Bert", "both", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Barth, spelled B-A-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1deutscher Familienname
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abrth,barht,barrth,barthh,bartth,batrh,bbarth,brath
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Barth - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Barth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-R-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baːɐ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “baut” - see the side-by-side comparison. Barth vs baut
- 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.