barbital
/ˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/noun
barbital is spelled B-A-R-B-I-T-A-L: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, barbital means “The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of barbital is barbitals.
How many letters and syllables are in barbital?
| Letters | 8: B-A-R-B-I-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is barbital?
Barbital appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce barbital?
- UK /ˈbɑː.bɪt.əl/
- US /ˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/
Barbital has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with barbital?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as barbital from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹbətɔl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of barbital
- barbitals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does barbital mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).