# barbed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /bɑː(ɹ)bd/ · frequency rank #20,294

## Definitions
1. Having barbs.
2. Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared.
3. Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled.
4. Having sepals or leaves between the petals (on a rose, etc).
5. Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic.
6. Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.

## Easily confused with
- **bare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-bare)
- **bred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-bred)
- **bard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-bard)
- **based** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-based)
- **bored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-bored)
- **breed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-breed)
- **barge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barge)
- **barre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barre)
- **Barbs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barbs)
- **buried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-buried)
- **burned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-burned)
- **barrel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barrel)
- **Barnes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barnes)
- **barber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barber)
- **barred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barred)
- **bombed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-bombed)
- **barker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barker)
- **barbie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barbie)
- **Barney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barney)
- **barley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barbed-vs-barley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`abrbed`, `babred`, `barbbed`, `barbde`, `barbedd`, `barebd`, `barrbed`, `bbarbed`, `brabed`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/barbed