barr
[bˠɑːɾˠ]
The verdict
“barr” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #48,242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,242
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lo alto, cima, parte de arriba de algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-barr · barr · Spanish
barr · rank #48,242 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,242
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH barrita
Nearest frequency peer: barrita (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “barr”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- añoranza
añoranza
51,763 corpus weight
- Baldomero
Baldomero
51,762 corpus weight
- barr
barr
51,759 corpus weight
- barrita
barrita
51,758 corpus weight
- basas
basas
51,757 corpus weight
- Biobío
Biobío
51,755 corpus weight
What this shows “barr” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barr |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bˠɑːɾˠ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “barr”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around barr (IPA [bˠɑːɾˠ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,242 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lo alto, cima, parte de arriba de algo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for barr, with forms such as "abrr", "bar", and "bbarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bay", "bro", "bas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is barr, spelled B-A-R-R.
Definition
- 1Lo alto, cima, parte de arriba de algo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abrr
- bar
- bbarr
- brar
- varr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barr - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "barr", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).