barrica
/bɐ.ˈRi.kɐ/
The verdict
“barrica” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,942 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,942
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - barril ou vasilha pequenos, de madeira, para guardar ou transportar mercadorias, especialmente líquidos
Corpus desk
Index PT-barrica · barrica · Portuguese
barrica · rank #76,942 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,942
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH berreiro
Nearest frequency peer: berreiro (+10 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 “barrica”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- artrose
artrose
23,091 corpus weight
- barrica
barrica
23,059 corpus weight
- berreiro
berreiro
23,049 corpus weight
- borralho
borralho
23,036 corpus weight
- brigão
brigão
23,033 corpus weight
- bundona
bundona
23,028 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “barrica” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barrica |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɐ.ˈRi.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,942 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “barrica” em português
Rare enough to double-check
barrica is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,942 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɐ.ˈRi.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
barrica doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is barrica, spelled B-A-R-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1barril ou vasilha pequenos, de madeira, para guardar ou transportar mercadorias, especialmente líquidos
- 2pessoa atarracada e gorda
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.
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