Bächlein
[ˈbɛçlaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Bächlein” is uncommon German (frequency #83,788 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,788
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleiner Bach
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bächlein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛçlaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bächlein” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bächlein is uncommon German at frequency #83,788 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛçlaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Bach".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bächlein in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Bächlein, spelled B-Ä-C-H-L-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1kleiner Bach
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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 “Bächlein”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-Ä-C-H-L-E-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbɛçlaɪ̯n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.