# barber

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɑː.bə/ · frequency rank #9,440

## Definitions
1. A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.
2. A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
3. A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *bʰardʰéh₂
From Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from barbe (“beard”), from Latin barba.

## Easily confused with
- **bare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-bare)
- **barr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barr)
- **Bauer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-bauer)
- **barge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barge)
- **Bayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-bayer)
- **barre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barre)
- **Barbs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barbs)
- **border** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-border)
- **barrel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barrel)
- **burger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-burger)
- **Barnes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barnes)
- **bomber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-bomber)
- **barred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barred)
- **Bieber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-bieber)
- **barker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barker)
- **barbie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barbie)
- **batter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-batter)
- **Baxter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-baxter)
- **Barney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-barney)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barber-vs-burner)

## Common misspellings (9)
`abrber`, `babrer`, `barbber`, `barberr`, `barbre`, `barebr`, `barrber`, `bbarber`, `braber`

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