Baldauf
[ˈbaldaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Baldauf” is uncommon German (frequency #78,920 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,920
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
Corpus desk
Index DE-baldauf · Baldauf · German
Baldauf · rank #78,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,920
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bail
Nearest frequency peer: bail (-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 „Baldauf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bagage
bagage
21,084 corpus weight
- Bahnübergän…
Bahnübergänge
21,083 corpus weight
- bail
bail
21,082 corpus weight
- Baldauf
Baldauf
21,081 corpus weight
- Ballkleid
Ballkleid
21,080 corpus weight
- bangs
bangs
21,078 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Baldauf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Baldauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaldaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Baldauf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Baldauf is uncommon German at frequency #78,920 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbaldaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname".
Zero misspellings are on record for Baldauf in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Baldauf, spelled B-A-L-D-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Baldauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Frau Baldauf ist ein Genie im Verkauf.
Herr Baldauf wollte uns kein Interview geben.
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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