barnabé

noun

The verdict

“barnabé” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,354
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - funcionário público, em geral o de baixa posição:

Corpus desk

Index PT-barnabe · barnabé · Portuguese

barnabé · rank #41,354 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,354
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH belong

Nearest frequency peer: belong (+7 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “barnabé”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for barnabé
PropertyValue
Headwordbarnabé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,354
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “barnabé”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).barnabécai 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 “belong” (#41,361), “apt” (#41,338), “bloc” (#41,370). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “barnabé” fica em #41,354. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around barnabé, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,354 among 840 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "funcionário público, em geral o de baixa posição:".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for barnabé, with forms such as "abrnabé", "banrabé", and "baranbé". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is barnabé, spelled B-A-R-N-A-B-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    funcionário público, em geral o de baixa posição:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. ... de preferência usando os barnabés mais experientes e respeitados...

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abrnabé
  • banrabé
  • baranbé
  • barnabbé
  • barnaéb
  • barnbaé
  • barnnabé
  • barrnabé
  • bbarnabé
  • branabé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abrnabé2banrabé2baranbé2barnabbé1barnaéb2barnbaé2barnnabé1barrnabé1
Edit distance from "barnabé"

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 "barnabé"?
"barnabé" is spelled B-A-R-N-A-B-É.
What does "barnabé" mean?
As a noun, "barnabé" means: funcionário público, em geral o de baixa posição:
What are common misspellings of "barnabé"?
Common misspellings include "abrnabé", "banrabé", "baranbé", "barnabbé", "barnaéb". The correct spelling is "barnabé".
What language does "barnabé" come from?
"barnabé" 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 "barnabé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list