barbera
"barbera" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“barbera” is uncommon English (frequency #62,695 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,695
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An Italian grape variety grown for use in red wine, or a wine made from such grapes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-barbera · barbera · English
barbera · rank #62,695 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,695
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH baguettes
Nearest frequency peer: baguettes (-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 “barbera”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ayub
Ayub
37,311 corpus weight
- bagpipe
bagpipe
37,309 corpus weight
- baguettes
baguettes
37,308 corpus weight
- barbera
barbera
37,306 corpus weight
- Basle
Basle
37,302 corpus weight
- Bateson
Bateson
37,301 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “barbera” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barbera |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “barbera” in English
Rare enough to double-check
barbera is uncommon English at frequency #62,695 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An Italian grape variety grown for use in red wine, or a wine made from such grapes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for barbera, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian barbera. The correct English form is barbera, spelled B-A-R-B-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1An Italian grape variety grown for use in red wine, or a wine made from such grapes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barbera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This barbera grape, one of the predominant varieties in Italy's northwest Piemonte region, is grown in the town of Alba.
(Your barbera will do nicely.)
Etymology
From Italian barbera.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).