Baldrian

[ˈbaldʁiaːn]

/[ˈbaldʁiaːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Baldrian” is uncommon German (frequency #60,385 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,385
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertreter der Gattung Valeriana, die zu der Familie der Baldriangewächse zählt

Corpus desk

Index DE-baldrian · Baldrian · German

Baldrian · rank #60,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,385
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH baldiges

Nearest frequency peer: baldiges (-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 „Baldrian“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Baldrian
PropertyValue
HeadwordBaldrian
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaldʁiaːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,385
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Baldrian“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Baldrianfällt 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: „baldiges“ (#60,384), „Balkonen“ (#60,386), „Bahnlinien“ (#60,383). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Baldrian“ bei #60,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Baldrian is uncommon German at frequency #60,385 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaldʁiaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Baldrian in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Baldrian, spelled B-A-L-D-R-I-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vertreter der Gattung Valeriana, die zu der Familie der Baldriangewächse zählt
  2. 2
    speziell die Pflanze Valeriana officinalis

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sämtliche Baldriane enthalten bestimmte ätherische Öle.
  2. Der Baldrian wird als Heilpflanze geschätzt

Synonyms

ValerianaValeriana officinalis L.Echter BaldrianAugenwurzelBertramBullerjanDarmmargDreifußHexenkrautKatzenkrautKatzenwargelKatzenwurzMentenMondwurzelRattenwurzSpickwurzStinkwurzTolljanWaldsplik

This word in other languages

valerian(English)valeriana(Español)valériane(Français)

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 "Baldrian"?
"Baldrian" is spelled B-A-L-D-R-I-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaldʁiaːn].
What does "Baldrian" mean?
As a noun, "Baldrian" means: Vertreter der Gattung Valeriana, die zu der Familie der Baldriangewächse zählt
How do you pronounce "Baldrian"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Baldrian" is [ˈbaldʁiaːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Baldrian" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

baldiges#60,384Balkonen#60,386Bankraub#60,390Bachlauf#60,379

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list