Bacchus

[ˈbaxʊs]

/[ˈbaxʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Bacchus” is uncommon German (frequency #51,953 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,953
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - römischer Gott des Weines

Corpus desk

Index DE-bacchus · Bacchus · German

Bacchus · rank #51,953 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,953
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH babylonischen

Nearest frequency peer: babylonischen (-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 „Bacchus“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bacchus
PropertyValue
HeadwordBacchus
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaxʊs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,953
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bacchus“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bacchusfällt 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: „babylonischen“ (#51,952), „badet“ (#51,954), „Autotür“ (#51,951). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bacchus“ bei #51,953. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bacchus is uncommon German at frequency #51,953 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaxʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "römischer Gott des Weines".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bacchus, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Bacchus, spelled B-A-C-C-H-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    römischer Gott des Weines

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Viele große Meister der Malerei haben Bilder von Bacchus geschaffen, darunter Annibale Carracci, Michelangelo und Tizian.“
  2. „Der Kardinal hätte mich gar nicht darum bitten müssen, denn es waren ja meine eigenen Verse; ich hätte sie unmöglich schlecht lesen können, zumal da Bacchus das Feuer, das die Marchesa durch ihre Gegenwart in mir entzündet hatte, noch mehr entfachte.“

Antonyms

Gambrinus

This word in other languages

Bacchus(English)Bacchus(Français)

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 "Bacchus"?
"Bacchus" is spelled B-A-C-C-H-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaxʊs].
What does "Bacchus" mean?
As a noun, "Bacchus" means: römischer Gott des Weines
How do you pronounce "Bacchus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bacchus" is [ˈbaxʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bacchus" come from?
"Bacchus" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Autotür#51,951Beiheft#51,965beklaut#51,968besinnt#51,974

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list