barita
[baˈɾit̪a]
The verdict
“barita” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,534 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,534
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sulfato de bario. Constituye la mena principal de este elemento metálico. Su fórmula es BaSO₄.
Corpus desk
Index ES-barita · barita · Spanish
barita · rank #72,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,534
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 24,339
- PHOTO-FINISH barista
Nearest frequency peer: barista (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “barita”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- autócrata
autócrata
27,474 corpus weight
- barista
barista
27,468 corpus weight
- barita
barita
27,467 corpus weight
- bañeras
bañeras
27,464 corpus weight
- Beteta
Beteta
27,460 corpus weight
- bild
bild
27,459 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “barita” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barita |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈɾit̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barita” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
barita is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,534 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baˈɾit̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sulfato de bario. Constituye la mena principal de este elemento metálico. Su fórmula es BaSO₄.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for barita in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is barita, spelled B-A-R-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1Sulfato de bario. Constituye la mena principal de este elemento metálico. Su fórmula es BaSO₄.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how barita appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La barita se utiliza generalmente para agregar peso al fluido de perforación
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.