barony
/ˈbæ.ɹə.ni/
"barony" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“barony” is uncommon English (frequency #52,799 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,799
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire.
Corpus desk
Index EN-barony · barony · English
barony · rank #52,799 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,799
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH barged
Nearest frequency peer: barged (-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 “barony”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bares
bares
47,204 corpus weight
- barged
barged
47,203 corpus weight
- barony
barony
47,202 corpus weight
- barret
barret
47,201 corpus weight
- bashes
bashes
47,200 corpus weight
- bata
bata
47,199 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “barony” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barony |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæ.ɹə.ni/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,799 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “barony” in English
Rare enough to double-check
barony is uncommon English at frequency #52,799 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbæ.ɹə.ni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for barony, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English baronie, baronye, from Old French baronie, equivalent to baron + -y. The correct English form is barony, spelled B-A-R-O-N-Y.
Definition
- 1The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire.
- 2The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire.
- 3The baronage: the body of barons in a realm.
- 4Baronship, the rank or position of a baron.
- 5The legal tenure of a baron's land; military tenure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barony appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Ireland... an head constable for each barony or hundred, being 252.
The Baronies appear to have been formed successively on the submission of the Irish chiefs... the territory of each constituting a barony.
Etymology
From Middle English baronie, baronye, from Old French baronie, equivalent to baron + -y.
Synonyms
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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