barreira

//bɐ.ˈRɐj.ɾɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,496

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

barreira is aPortuguesenoun. It means: local de onde se extrai barro; barreiro Pronounced /bɐ.ˈRɐj.ɾɐ/. It ranks #5,496 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with barriga and banheira.

Key facts for barreira
PropertyValue
Headwordbarreira
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɐ.ˈRɐj.ɾɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,496
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of barreira in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for barreira is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bɐ.ˈRɐj.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,496 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "local de onde se extrai barro; barreiro".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for barreira, with forms such as "abrreira", "bareira", and "barerira". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "barriga", "banheira", "barbeiro", 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 barreira, spelled B-A-R-R-E-I-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    local de onde se extrai barro; barreiro

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abrreira,bareira,barerira,barreiar,barreirra,barreria,barriera,bbarreira,brareira

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for barreira

Misspelling Variants of "barreira"

abrreira8bareira7barerira8barreiar8barreirra9barreria8barriera8bbarreira9
Misspelling Variants of "barreira"

Frequency rank: #5,496 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "barreira"?
"barreira" is spelled B-A-R-R-E-I-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /bɐ.ˈRɐj.ɾɐ/.
What does "barreira" mean?
As a noun, "barreira" means: local de onde se extrai barro; barreiro
What words are commonly confused with "barreira"?
"barreira" is commonly confused with "barriga", "banheira", "barbeiro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "barreira"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barreira" is /bɐ.ˈRɐj.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barreira" come from?
"barreira" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.