barren
[ˈbarẽn]
The verdict
“barren” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,839 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,839
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de barrer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-barren · barren · Spanish
barren · rank #56,839 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,839
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Barea
Nearest frequency peer: Barea (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “barren”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bailemos
bailemos
43,166 corpus weight
- balística
balística
43,164 corpus weight
- Barea
Barea
43,163 corpus weight
- barren
barren
43,162 corpus weight
- Bavaria
Bavaria
43,161 corpus weight
- bendiciendo
bendiciendo
43,158 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “barren” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barren |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbarẽn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “barren” en español
Rare enough to double-check
barren is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,839 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbarẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for barren, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is barren, spelled B-A-R-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de barrer.
- 2Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de barrar.
- 3Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de barrar.
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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