barrete

noun

The verdict

“barrete” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,161 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,161
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gorro

Corpus desk

Index PT-barrete · barrete · Portuguese

barrete · rank #60,161 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,161
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bara

Nearest frequency peer: bara (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “barrete”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “barrete” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for barrete
PropertyValue
Headwordbarrete
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,161
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “barrete” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.barretecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “bara” (#60,160), “baste” (#60,162), “bajulação” (#60,158). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “barrete” fica em #60,161. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

barrete is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,161 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

barrete doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is barrete, spelled B-A-R-R-E-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    gorro
  2. 2
    cobertura quadrangular usada pelos eclesiásticos
  3. 3
    decepção
  4. 4
    segunda cavidade do estômago dos ruminantes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Embaixada da França no Brasil, Marianne:

Synonyms

quijungaretículo

This word in other languages

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 "barrete"?
"barrete" is spelled B-A-R-R-E-T-E.
What does "barrete" mean?
As a noun, "barrete" means: gorro
What language does "barrete" come from?
"barrete" 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 "barrete", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list