barmaid
/ˈbɑː(ɹ).meɪd/
"barmaid" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“barmaid” is uncommon English (frequency #54,637 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,637
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A woman who serves in a bar.
Corpus desk
Index EN-barmaid · barmaid · English
barmaid · rank #54,637 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,637
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bagger
Nearest frequency peer: bagger (-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 “barmaid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- baccarat
baccarat
45,368 corpus weight
- badness
badness
45,367 corpus weight
- bagger
bagger
45,365 corpus weight
- barmaid
barmaid
45,364 corpus weight
- Batu
Batu
45,363 corpus weight
- bedchamber
bedchamber
45,361 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “barmaid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barmaid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɑː(ɹ).meɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “barmaid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
barmaid is uncommon English at frequency #54,637 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɑː(ɹ).meɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A woman who serves in a bar.".
barmaid doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bar + maid. The correct English form is barmaid, spelled B-A-R-M-A-I-D.
Definition
- 1A woman who serves in a bar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how barmaid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition.
Etymology
From bar + maid.
This word in other languages
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).