bar

/ˈbaɾ/

//ˈbaɾ// noun

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The verdict

“bar” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,081) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,081
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dependência de hotel, de restaurante, de estabelecimento onde se vendem bebidas normalmente com um balcão; sala ou botequim com tal balcão

Corpus desk

Index PT-bar · bar · Portuguese

bar · rank #2,081 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,081
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH ameaça

Nearest frequency peer: ameaça (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “bar”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “bar” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

bar vs by
33% similar
bar vs BR
0% similar
bar vs bi
33% similar

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

Key facts for bar
PropertyValue
Headwordbar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbaɾ/
Letters3
Frequency rank#2,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “bar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).barcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ameaça” (#2,080), “canto” (#2,082), “agricultura” (#2,079). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bar” fica em #2,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for bar is neighbouring look-alikes ("by", "BR", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈbaɾ/. Frequency #2,081 among 840 “B” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "BR", "bi", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is bar, spelled B-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    dependência de hotel, de restaurante, de estabelecimento onde se vendem bebidas normalmente com um balcão; sala ou botequim com tal balcão
  2. 2
    peso indiano
  3. 3
    peixe também conhecido por perca-do-mar
  4. 4
    a unidade de pressão no sistema C.G.S.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Na primeira noite de reabertura, bares e restaurantes do Rio de Janeiro ficam lotados.

This word in other languages

pub(English)bar(Español)pub(Français)Kneipe(Deutsch)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bar"?
"bar" is spelled B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbaɾ/.
What does "bar" mean?
As a noun, "bar" means: dependência de hotel, de restaurante, de estabelecimento onde se vendem bebidas normalmente com um balcão; sala ou botequim com tal balcão
What words are commonly confused with "bar"?
"bar" is commonly confused with "by", "BR", "bi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bar" is /ˈbaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bar" come from?
"bar" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

par#2,060all#2,001use#2,168tio#2,211

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list