Barth

/[baːɐ̯t]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,331

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Barth is aGermanname. It means: deutscher Familienname Pronounced [baːɐ̯t]. It ranks #9,331 in German word frequency. Often confused with baut and Bert.

Key facts for Barth
PropertyValue
HeadwordBarth
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[baːɐ̯t]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,331
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Barth in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Barth is 5 letters long, classified as aname, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Barth, with forms such as "abrth", "barht", and "barrth". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Barth, spelled B-A-R-T-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutscher Familienname

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abrth,barht,barrth,barthh,bartth,batrh,bbarth,brath

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Barth

Misspelling Variants of "Barth"

abrth5barht5barrth6barthh6bartth6batrh5bbarth6brath5
Misspelling Variants of "Barth"

Frequency rank: #9,331 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Barth"?
"Barth" is spelled B-A-R-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is [baːɐ̯t].
What does "Barth" mean?
As a name, "Barth" means: deutscher Familienname
What words are commonly confused with "Barth"?
"Barth" is commonly confused with "baut", "Bert", "both". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Barth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Barth" is [baːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Barth" come from?
"Barth" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.