# Barkley

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɑɹkli/ · frequency rank #18,762

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
3. A township in Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Missouri, United States.

## Etymology
Variant of Berkeley.

## Easily confused with
- **Barney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barkley-vs-barney)
- **barley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barkley-vs-barley)
- **burley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barkley-vs-burley)
- **Buckley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barkley-vs-buckley)
- **Burnley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barkley-vs-burnley)
- **Berkeley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barkley-vs-berkeley)
- **Barnsley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barkley-vs-barnsley)
- **barely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barely-vs-barkley)
- **bailey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bailey-vs-barkley)
- **barker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barker-vs-barkley)
- **barked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barked-vs-barkley)
- **Bagley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bagley-vs-barkley)
- **Barclay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barclay-vs-barkley)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abrkley`, `bakrley`, `barkely`, `barkkley`, `barkleyy`, `barklley`, `barklye`, `barlkey`, `barrkley`, `bbarkley`, `brakley`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/barkley