baru

/ˈba.ɾu/, /ˈbɑ.rʊ/

//ˈba.ɾu/, /ˈbɑ.rʊ// verb

The verdict

“baru” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,527 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,527
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forma imperativa do verbo bari

Corpus desk

Index PT-baru · baru · Portuguese

baru · rank #74,527 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,527
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH badalo

Nearest frequency peer: badalo (-2 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 “baru”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for baru
PropertyValue
Headwordbaru
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈba.ɾu/, /ˈbɑ.rʊ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#74,527
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “baru” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).barucai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “badalo” (#74,525), “azedar” (#74,521), “bimbo” (#74,533). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “baru” fica em #74,527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baru is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,527 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈba.ɾu/, /ˈbɑ.rʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "forma imperativa do verbo bari".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for baru, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 baru, spelled B-A-R-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    forma imperativa do verbo bari

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 "baru"?
"baru" is spelled B-A-R-U. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈba.ɾu/, /ˈbɑ.rʊ/.
What does "baru" mean?
As a verb, "baru" means: forma imperativa do verbo bari
How do you pronounce "baru"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baru" is /ˈba.ɾu/, /ˈbɑ.rʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baru" come from?
"baru" 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 "baru", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list