Bareilles

name

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"bareilles" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Bareilles” is uncommon English (frequency #72,115 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,115
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A commune in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, France.

Corpus desk

Index EN-bareilles · Bareilles · English

Bareilles · rank #72,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,115
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH baobab

Nearest frequency peer: baobab (-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 “Bareilles”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bareilles” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bareilles
PropertyValue
HeadwordBareilles
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,115
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Bareilles” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Bareillesfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “baobab” (#72,114), “basha” (#72,116), “Badshah” (#72,111). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “Bareilles” is #72,115. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bareilles is uncommon English at frequency #72,115 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Bareilles in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Bareilles. The correct English form is Bareilles, spelled B-A-R-E-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A commune in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, France.
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from French.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bareilles.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bareilles"?
"Bareilles" is spelled B-A-R-E-I-L-L-E-S.
What does "Bareilles" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bareilles" means: A commune in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, France.
What is the origin of the word "Bareilles"?
Borrowed from French Bareilles. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bareilles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list