barre

[ˈbare]

/[ˈbare]/ verb

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The verdict

“barre” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #30,779) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#30,779
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de barrar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-barre · barre · Spanish

barre · rank #30,779 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,779
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH banal

Nearest frequency peer: banal (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “barre”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “barre” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

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).

barre vs bre
60% similar
barre vs base
60% similar
barre vs bate
60% similar

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

Key facts for barre
PropertyValue
Headwordbarre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbare]
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,779
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “barre”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).barrecae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “banal” (#30,778), “Baviera” (#30,780), “Balaguer” (#30,777). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “barre” va en #30,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for barre is neighbouring look-alikes ("bre", "base", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈbare]. Frequency #30,779 among 2,459 “B” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for barre, with forms such as "bbarre", "brare", and "varre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bre", "base", "bate", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is barre, spelled B-A-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de barrar.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de barrar.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de barrar.
  4. 4
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de barrer.
  5. 5
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de barrer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbarre
  • brare
  • varre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barre - 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.

bbarre1brare2varre1
Edit distance from "barre"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "barre"?
"barre" is spelled B-A-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbare].
What does "barre" mean?
As a verb, "barre" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de barrar.
What words are commonly confused with "barre"?
"barre" is commonly confused with "bre", "base", "bate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barre" is [ˈbare]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barre" come from?
"barre" is a Spanish 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 Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

banal#30,778beato#30,781asumí#30,768arepa#30,761

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list