barricades

noun

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"barricades" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“barricades” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,833. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,833
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of barricade

Corpus desk

Index EN-barricades · barricades · English

barricades · rank #28,833 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,833
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Barnsley

Nearest frequency peer: Barnsley (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “barricades”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “barricades” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

barricades vs barricade
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for barricades
PropertyValue
Headwordbarricades
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#28,833
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “barricades”

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).barricadeslands here:

#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. Same rarity band neighbours include “Barnsley” (#28,832), “beamed” (#28,834), “banked” (#28,831). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “barricades” is #28,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around barricades, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,833 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of barricade".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for barricades, with forms such as "abrricades", "baricades", and "barircades". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "barricade", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is barricades, spelled B-A-R-R-I-C-A-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of barricade

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Groups of citizens (...) were scattered round; and if they were to be as violent in action as they were in gesture and discourse, the future might well be matter of apprehension. But Bournonville, who had witnessed the day of the barricades in the first La Fronde, looked on with great composure.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrricades
  • baricades
  • barircades
  • barrciades
  • barriacdes
  • barricaddes
  • barricadess
  • barricadse
  • barricaeds
  • barriccades
  • barricdaes
  • bbarricades
  • braricades

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barricades - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abrricades2baricades1barircades2barrciades2barriacdes2barricaddes1barricadess1barricadse2
Edit distance from "barricades"

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 "barricades"?
"barricades" is spelled B-A-R-R-I-C-A-D-E-S.
What does "barricades" mean?
As a noun, "barricades" means: plural of barricade
What words are commonly confused with "barricades"?
"barricades" is commonly confused with "barricade". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "barricades" come from?
"barricades" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Barnsley13 variantsamazement13 variantsclippings13 variantswatchman13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list