barber's
"barber-s" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“barber's” is uncommon English (frequency #53,393 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,393
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of barbershop (“place of business of a barber”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-barber-s · barber's · English
barber's · rank #53,393 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,393
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH banknote
Nearest frequency peer: banknote (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “barber's”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- baddie
baddie
46,613 corpus weight
- bandleader
bandleader
46,611 corpus weight
- banknote
banknote
46,610 corpus weight
- barber's
barber's
46,608 corpus weight
- beachside
beachside
46,606 corpus weight
- belittled
belittled
46,604 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “barber's” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barber's |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “barber's” in English
Rare enough to double-check
barber's is uncommon English at frequency #53,393 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of barbershop (“place of business of a barber”).".
barber's doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Abbreviation of barber’s shop. The correct English form is barber's, spelled B-A-R-B-E-R-'-S.
Definition
- 1Synonym of barbershop (“place of business of a barber”).
Etymology
Abbreviation of barber’s shop.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).