barrar
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#16,945
in Portuguese word usage
Misspellings
6
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
barrar is aPortugueseverb. It means: atravessar com barras Often confused with barro and burra.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barrar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for barrar is 6 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #16,945 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for barrar, with forms such as "abrrar", "bararr", and "barrarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "barro", "burra", "borra", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is barrar, spelled B-A-R-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1atravessar com barras
- 2guarnecer ou proteger com barras:
- 3proibir, vetar:
- 4ludibriar, enganar, frustrar
- 5pôr na reserva (jogador esportivo)
- 6embargar, impedir, obstar:
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abrrar,bararr,barrarr,barrra,bbarrar,brarar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for barrar
Misspelling Variants of "barrar"
Frequency rank: #16,945 in Portuguese
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Nearby Portuguese words
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