Barbade

\baʁ.bad\

/\baʁ.bad\/ name

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The verdict

“Barbade” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,565. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,565
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Île des Petites Antilles située en mer des Caraïbes non loin de sa limite avec l’océan Atlantique, un peu à l’est du reste des îles du Vent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-barbade · Barbade · French

Barbade · rank #33,565 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,565
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH ballot

Nearest frequency peer: ballot (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Barbade »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Barbade » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

Barbade vs barbe
57% similar
Barbade vs barde
57% similar
Barbade vs Barbie
71% similar

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

Key facts for Barbade
PropertyValue
HeadwordBarbade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\baʁ.bad\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,565
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Barbade »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Barbadese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ballot » (#33,564), « bassine » (#33,566), « Bacchus » (#33,563). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Barbade » est au #33,565. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Barbade (IPA \baʁ.bad\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,565 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Barbade, with forms such as "abrbade", "babrade", and "barabde". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "barbe", "barde", "Barbie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Barbade, spelled B-A-R-B-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Île des Petites Antilles située en mer des Caraïbes non loin de sa limite avec l’océan Atlantique, un peu à l’est du reste des îles du Vent.
  2. 2
    Pays occupant cette île, et dont la capitale est Bridgetown. Micro-Etat de 300 000 habitants en 2024.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Barbade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À cette époque, aucun établissement ne fut fondé sur la Barbade, aucun colon ne s’y installa, même à titre provisoire.
  2. Le gouvernement de la Barbade a annoncé l'an dernier qu'il remplacerait la monarchie par un gouvernement de style républicain ce novembre.

Synonyms

Barbades

This word in other languages

Barbados(English)Barbados(Español)Barbados(Deutsch)Barbados(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrbade
  • babrade
  • barabde
  • barbadde
  • barbaed
  • barbbade
  • barbdae
  • barrbade
  • bbarbade
  • brabade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Barbade - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

abrbade2babrade2barabde2barbadde1barbaed2barbbade1barbdae2barrbade1
Edit distance from "Barbade"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Barbade"?
"Barbade" is spelled B-A-R-B-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \baʁ.bad\.
What does "Barbade" mean?
As a proper noun, "Barbade" means: Île des Petites Antilles située en mer des Caraïbes non loin de sa limite avec l’océan Atlantique, un peu à l’est du reste des îles du Vent.
What words are commonly confused with "Barbade"?
"Barbade" is commonly confused with "barbe", "barde", "Barbie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Barbade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Barbade" is \baʁ.bad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Barbade" come from?
"Barbade" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bassine#33,566Bacchus#33,563Benelux#33,569avertie#33,559

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

amorcée10 variantscarillon10 variantschausson10 variantsclimate10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list