Bairisch

/[ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃ]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#58,590

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Bairisch is aGermannoun. It means: Dialekt des Deutschen, genauer des Oberdeutschen, der in der südlichen Hälfte Bayerns (Altbayern), dem größten Teil Österreichs und dem größten Teil Südtirols gesprochen wird Pronounced [ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃ].

Key facts for Bairisch
PropertyValue
HeadwordBairisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,590
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bairisch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bairisch is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,590 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dialekt des Deutschen, genauer des Oberdeutschen, der in der südlichen Hälfte Bayerns (Altbayern), dem größten Teil Österreichs und dem größten Teil Südtirols gesprochen wird".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Bairisch in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bairisch, spelled B-A-I-R-I-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dialekt des Deutschen, genauer des Oberdeutschen, der in der südlichen Hälfte Bayerns (Altbayern), dem größten Teil Österreichs und dem größten Teil Südtirols gesprochen wird

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #58,590 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bairisch"?
"Bairisch" is spelled B-A-I-R-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃ].
What does "Bairisch" mean?
As a noun, "Bairisch" means: Dialekt des Deutschen, genauer des Oberdeutschen, der in der südlichen Hälfte Bayerns (Altbayern), dem größten Teil Österreichs und dem größten Teil Südtirols gesprochen wird
How do you pronounce "Bairisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bairisch" is [ˈbaɪ̯ʁɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bairisch" come from?
"Bairisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.