barbatana

Name: barbatana, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/bɐɾ.bɐ.ˈtɐ.nɐ/

//bɐɾ.bɐ.ˈtɐ.nɐ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“barbatana” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,714
frequency rank, Portuguese: 840
“B” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - apêndice externo que muitos animais aquáticos usam para a locomoção e equilíbrio

Corpus desk

Index PT-barbatana · barbatana · Portuguese

barbatana · rank #45,714 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #45,714
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-MID 840
PHOTO-FINISH bandar

Nearest frequency peer: bandar (-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.

arrombamento

54,307
bandar

54,288
barbatana

54,287
bluff

54,278
camareiro

54,267
canonização

54,264

What this shows “barbatana” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Key facts for barbatana
Property	Value
Headword	barbatana
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/bɐɾ.bɐ.ˈtɐ.nɐ/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#45,714
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “barbatana”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.barbatanacai aqui:

#45,714

#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 “bandar” (#45,713), “bluff” (#45,723), “arrombamento” (#45,694). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “barbatana” fica em #45,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around barbatana (IPA /bɐɾ.bɐ.ˈtɐ.nɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,714 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for barbatana, with forms such as "abrbatana", "babratana", and "barabtana". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is barbatana, spelled B-A-R-B-A-T-A-N-A.

Definition

1
apêndice externo que muitos animais aquáticos usam para a locomoção e equilíbrio
2
apêndice externo do dorso de animais marinhos como tubarões e orcas
3
pequena haste flexível usada para a armação de algumas peças do vestuário
4
dobra cutânea dos cetáceos e sirenídeos.
5
lâmina córnea superior da mucosa bucal dos cetáceos
6
pé de pato

Synonyms

nadadeirabadanaespadana

This word in other languages

flipper(English)aleta(Español)nageoire(Français)Flosse(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

abrbatana
babratana
barabtana
barbaatna
barbataan
barbatanna
barbatnaa
barbattana
barbbatana
barbtaana
barrbatana
bbarbatana
brabatana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "barbatana"

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 "barbatana"?

"barbatana" is spelled B-A-R-B-A-T-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /bɐɾ.bɐ.ˈtɐ.nɐ/.

What does "barbatana" mean?

As a noun, "barbatana" means: apêndice externo que muitos animais aquáticos usam para a locomoção e equilíbrio

What are common misspellings of "barbatana"?

Common misspellings include "abrbatana", "babratana", "barabtana", "barbaatna", "barbataan". The correct spelling is "barbatana".

How do you pronounce "barbatana"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barbatana" is /bɐɾ.bɐ.ˈtɐ.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "barbatana" come from?

"barbatana" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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