Babylonien

[babyˈloːni̯ən]

/[babyˈloːni̯ən]/ name

The verdict

“Babylonien” is uncommon German (frequency #89,988 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,988
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr fruchtbare Landschaft am Unterlauf der Flüsse Euphrat und Tigris

Corpus desk

Index DE-babylonien · Babylonien · German

Babylonien · rank #89,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,988
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH babi

Nearest frequency peer: babi (-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 „Babylonien“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Babylonien
PropertyValue
HeadwordBabylonien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[babyˈloːni̯ən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,988
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Babylonien“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Babylonienfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „babi“ (#89,987), „Ayatollah“ (#89,985), „Bahnbetrieb“ (#89,991). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Babylonien“ bei #89,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Babylonien is uncommon German at frequency #89,988 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [babyˈloːni̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Babylonien, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Babylonien, spelled B-A-B-Y-L-O-N-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehr fruchtbare Landschaft am Unterlauf der Flüsse Euphrat und Tigris
  2. 2
    Reich im heutigen Irak

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. An Korn, Weizen und Reis hat Babylonien noch heute Überfluss.
  2. „Die zweite Eroberung Jerusalems 587, für die es keine direkten außerbiblischen Zeugnisse gibt, endete mit einer Brandschatzung der Stadt und der Deportation von Judäern nach Babylonien […].“

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Babylonien"?
"Babylonien" is spelled B-A-B-Y-L-O-N-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [babyˈloːni̯ən].
What does "Babylonien" mean?
As a proper noun, "Babylonien" means: sehr fruchtbare Landschaft am Unterlauf der Flüsse Euphrat und Tigris
How do you pronounce "Babylonien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Babylonien" is [babyˈloːni̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Babylonien" come from?
"Babylonien" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list