Backsteinbau
[ˈbakʃtaɪ̯nˌbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Backsteinbau” is uncommon German (frequency #99,516 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,516
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebäude, das aus Backsteinen, beziehungsweise aus Backsteinmauerwerken errichtet ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-backsteinbau · Backsteinbau · German
Backsteinbau · rank #99,516 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,516
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bachblüten
Nearest frequency peer: Bachblüten (-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 „Backsteinbau“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- baas
baas
488 corpus weight
- babysitten
babysitten
487 corpus weight
- Bachblüten
Bachblüten
486 corpus weight
- Backsteinbau
Backsteinbau
485 corpus weight
- badende
badende
484 corpus weight
- Bahngleisen
Bahngleisen
483 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Backsteinbau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Backsteinbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbakʃtaɪ̯nˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #99,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Backsteinbau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Backsteinbau is uncommon German at frequency #99,516 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbakʃtaɪ̯nˌbaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gebäude, das aus Backsteinen, beziehungsweise aus Backsteinmauerwerken errichtet ist".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Backsteinbau, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Backsteinbau, spelled B-A-C-K-S-T-E-I-N-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1Gebäude, das aus Backsteinen, beziehungsweise aus Backsteinmauerwerken errichtet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Backsteinbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Rand der Hauptstadt erstreckt sich ein roter Backsteinbau über ein altes preußisches Kasernengelände, hier sitzt die Deutsche Rohstoffagentur, kurz Dera.
„Der Park lädt zum Verweilen ein, und gegenüber dem Schloss bleibt das neugierige Auge an einem frisch sanierten Backsteinbau hängen.“
Synonyms
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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