baren
noun
baren is spelled B-A-R-E-N: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baren means “A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of baren is barens.
How many letters and syllables are in baren?
| Letters | 5: B-A-R-E-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 baren?
Baren appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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).
What rhymes with baren?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as baren.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: brane.
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 baren
- barens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does baren mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.
- 2
Any of several similar printing tools with a low-friction bumpy surface, made of ball bearings, glass, plastic, or other materials.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does baren come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 馬楝 (baren).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).