babo

[ˈbabɔ]

/[ˈbabɔ]/ noun

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The verdict

“babo” is uncommon German (frequency #55,158 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,158
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vokativ Singular des Substantivs baba

Corpus desk

Index DE-babo · babo · German

babo · rank #55,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,158
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Autokorso

Nearest frequency peer: Autokorso (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „babo“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „babo“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for babo
PropertyValue
Headwordbabo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbabɔ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,158
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „babo“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.babofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Autokorso“ (#55,157), „Badehaus“ (#55,159), „authentisches“ (#55,156). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „babo“ bei #55,158. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

babo is uncommon German at frequency #55,158 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbabɔ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vokativ Singular des Substantivs baba".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for babo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is babo, spelled B-A-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vokativ Singular des Substantivs baba

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "babo"?
"babo" is spelled B-A-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbabɔ].
What does "babo" mean?
As a noun, "babo" means: Vokativ Singular des Substantivs baba
How do you pronounce "babo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "babo" is [ˈbabɔ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "babo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Argo#55,134brig#55,205Caen#55,216coal#55,225

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list