Bachlauf
[ˈbaxˌlaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Bachlauf” is uncommon German (frequency #60,379 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,379
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verlauf eines kleinen Fließgewässers
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bachlauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaxˌlaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bachlauf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bachlauf is uncommon German at frequency #60,379 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaxˌlaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verlauf eines kleinen Fließgewässers".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bachlauf in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Bachlauf, spelled B-A-C-H-L-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1Verlauf eines kleinen Fließgewässers
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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Using “Bachlauf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-C-H-L-A-U-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.