Barbary Coast
"barbary-coast" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Barbary Coast” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Mediterranean region off the coast of North Africa, once notorious as a haven for pirates
Corpus desk
Index EN-barbary-coast · Barbary Coast · English
Barbary Coast · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | Barbary Coast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Barbary Coast” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Barbary Coast is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Barbary Coast in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Barbary Coast, spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-Y- -C-O-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1The Mediterranean region off the coast of North Africa, once notorious as a haven for pirates
- 2A waterfront area of San Francisco at the time of the gold rush.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Barbary Coast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco.
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.