Balduin

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The verdict

“Balduin” is uncommon German (frequency #56,797 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,797
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-balduin · Balduin · German

Balduin · rank #56,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,797
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bankkunden

Nearest frequency peer: Bankkunden (+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 „Balduin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Balduin
PropertyValue
HeadwordBalduin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,797
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Balduin“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Balduinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bankkunden“ (#56,798), „auszuloten“ (#56,795), „auszuhändigen“ (#56,794). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Balduin“ bei #56,797. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Balduin is uncommon German at frequency #56,797 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Balduin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 Balduin, spelled B-A-L-D-U-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Balduin Mustermann

This word in other languages

Baldwin(English)Baudouin(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 "Balduin"?
"Balduin" is spelled B-A-L-D-U-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Balduin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Balduin" means: männlicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Balduin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Balduin" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Balduin" come from?
"Balduin" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ausritt#56,786bersten#56,814Boxberg#56,832brichst#56,834

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list