bac
[bak]
The verdict
“bac” is uncommon German (frequency #51,135 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,135
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Behälter, Besteck, Krug, Kasten, Kiste, Truhe, Fähre, Prahm
Corpus desk
Index DE-bac · bac · German
bac · rank #51,135 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,135
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Axis
Nearest frequency peer: Axis (-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 „bac“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Autosalon
Autosalon
48,869 corpus weight
- Axis
Axis
48,867 corpus weight
- bac
bac
48,866 corpus weight
- Badeort
Badeort
48,865 corpus weight
- Bahndamm
Bahndamm
48,864 corpus weight
- Balearen
Balearen
48,863 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bac“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bac |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bak] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bac“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bac is uncommon German at frequency #51,135 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Behälter, Besteck, Krug, Kasten, Kiste, Truhe, Fähre, Prahm".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bac in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bac, spelled B-A-C.
Definition
- 1Behälter, Besteck, Krug, Kasten, Kiste, Truhe, Fähre, Prahm
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.
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