bail

[beɪl]

/[beɪl]/ noun

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The verdict

“bail” is uncommon German (frequency #78,919 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,919
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geldsumme, die jemand, der eines Verbrechens beschuldigt ist, bei Gericht hinterlegt, damit er bis zur Gerichtsverhandlung auf freiem Fuß bleibt

Corpus desk

Index DE-bail · bail · German

bail · rank #78,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,919
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bahnübergänge

Nearest frequency peer: Bahnübergänge (-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 „bail“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bail
PropertyValue
Headwordbail
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[beɪl]
Letters4
Frequency rank#78,919
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bail“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bailfällt 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: „Bahnübergänge“ (#78,918), „Baldauf“ (#78,920), „bagage“ (#78,917). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bail“ bei #78,919. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bail is uncommon German at frequency #78,919 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [beɪl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geldsumme, die jemand, der eines Verbrechens beschuldigt ist, bei Gericht hinterlegt, damit er bis zur Gerichtsverhandlung auf freiem Fuß bleibt".

Zero misspellings are on record for bail in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bail, spelled B-A-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Geldsumme, die jemand, der eines Verbrechens beschuldigt ist, bei Gericht hinterlegt, damit er bis zur Gerichtsverhandlung auf freiem Fuß bleibt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The judge set bail at $200,000.

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 "bail"?
"bail" is spelled B-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [beɪl].
What does "bail" mean?
As a noun, "bail" means: Geldsumme, die jemand, der eines Verbrechens beschuldigt ist, bei Gericht hinterlegt, damit er bis zur Gerichtsverhandlung auf freiem Fuß bleibt
How do you pronounce "bail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bail" is [beɪl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bail" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

übst#78,818Ösen#78,812daly#79,038Deen#79,046

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list