barebones
"barebones" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“barebones” is uncommon English (frequency #93,443 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,443
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of bare-bones.
Corpus desk
Index EN-barebones · barebones · English
barebones · rank #93,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,443
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH barfi
Nearest frequency peer: barfi (+1 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 “barebones”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- banky
banky
6,565 corpus weight
- Banquo
Banquo
6,563 corpus weight
- Banville
Banville
6,562 corpus weight
- barebones
barebones
6,558 corpus weight
- barfi
barfi
6,557 corpus weight
- beardy
beardy
6,551 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “barebones” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barebones |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “barebones” in English
Rare enough to double-check
barebones is uncommon English at frequency #93,443 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of bare-bones.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for barebones, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is barebones, spelled B-A-R-E-B-O-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of bare-bones.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how barebones appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then, as now, a mere 35 words – the barebones oath of the presidency – is all the U. S. Constitution actually requires.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).