barbwire
noun
barbwire is spelled B-A-R-B-W-I-R-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, barbwire means “Alternative spelling of barbed wire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of barbwire is barbwires.
How many letters and syllables are in barbwire?
| Letters | 8: B-A-R-B-W-I-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is barbwire?
Barbwire appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 barbwire?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-barbwire.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of barbwire
- barbwires plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does barbwire mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of barbed wire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does barbwire come from?
From barb + wire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).