barratry
/ˈbæɹətɹi/noun
barratry is spelled B-A-R-R-A-T-R-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, barratry means “The act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of barratry is barratries.
How many letters and syllables are in barratry?
| Letters | 8: B-A-R-R-A-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is barratry?
Barratry appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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).
How do you pronounce barratry?
- /ˈbæɹətɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of barratry
- barratries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does barratry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones.
- 2
The sale or purchase of religious or political positions of power.
- 3
Unlawful or fraudulent acts by the crew of a vessel, harming the vessel's owner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does barratry come from?
Early 15th century, in sense “sale of offices”, from Old French baraterie (“deceit, trickery”), from barat (“fraud, deceit, trickery”), of unknown origin, perhaps Celtic. In marine sense of “unlawful acts causing loss to owner”, 1620s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).