barrido
[baˈrið̞o]
The verdict
“barrido” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,686
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción y efecto de barrer.
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 | barrido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈrið̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “barrido” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around barrido (IPA [baˈrið̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,686 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for barrido, with forms such as "abrrido", "barido", and "barirdo". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "barro", "barrio", "Barril", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is barrido, spelled B-A-R-R-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Acción y efecto de barrer.
- 2Basuras que se sacan barriendo.
- 3Medición automática, secuencial y repetida de las diversas magnitudes de un sistema con el fin de controlarlas, como la que hace el piloto automático de un avión.
- 4Proceso de exploración sistemática de un espacio convirtiendo sus puntos en señales eléctricas transmisibles, como el que sirve de base para la televisión, el radar, etc.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abrrido
- barido
- barirdo
- barrdio
- barriddo
- barriod
- bbarrido
- brarido
- varrido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of barrido - 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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Using “barrido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-R-R-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baˈrið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “barro” - see the side-by-side comparison. barrido vs barro
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.