barring
/ˈbɑːɹɪŋ(ɡ)/noun, preposition, verb
barring is spelled B-A-R-R-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, barring means “Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of barring is barrings.
How many letters and syllables are in barring?
| Letters | 7: B-A-R-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is barring?
Barring appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th 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 barring?
- UK /ˈbɑːɹɪŋ(ɡ)/
Barring has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-barring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of barring
- barrings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does barring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
- 2
The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
- 3
The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
- 4
Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.
- 5
The sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or leather.
preposition
- 1
Unless (something) happens; excepting; in the absence of.
Barring any further red tape, we will finally be able to open the restaurant.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of bar
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Barring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense excepting:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.