barret

noun

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"barret" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“barret” is uncommon English (frequency #52,800 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,800
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.

Corpus desk

Index EN-barret · barret · English

barret · rank #52,800 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,800
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH barony

Nearest frequency peer: barony (-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 “barret”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “barret” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for barret
PropertyValue
Headwordbarret
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,800
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “barret” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).barretfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “barony” (#52,799), “bashes” (#52,801), “barged” (#52,798). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “barret” is #52,800. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

barret is uncommon English at frequency #52,800 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for barret, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French barrette, Late Latin barretum (“a cap”), from birrus (“hooded cape”). See berretta, and compare biretta. The correct English form is barret, spelled B-A-R-R-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.
  2. 2
    A floppy beret-like cap worn by musketeers.
  3. 3
    The flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics; a biretta.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how barret appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. His head was surmounted with a barret cap, while his hands, limbs, and feet were covered with garments of chamois leather, over which he in general wore the ponderoous and complete armour of his country.
  2. For arms they wore upon the head a barret cap of steel net-work, instead of a casque; and their weapons were a sword and pike, a little shorter than what is this day used by the companies of arquebusiers; in addition to which many of them carried three or four darts for casting with the hand.

Etymology

From French barrette, Late Latin barretum (“a cap”), from birrus (“hooded cape”). See berretta, and compare biretta.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "barret"?
"barret" is spelled B-A-R-R-E-T.
What does "barret" mean?
As a noun, "barret" means: A kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.
What is the origin of the word "barret"?
From French barrette, Late Latin barretum (“a cap”), from birrus (“hooded cape”). See berretta, and compare biretta. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "barret", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

barony#52,799bashes#52,801barged#52,798biding#52,806

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list