Ballkleid

[ˈbalˌklaɪ̯t]

/[ˈbalˌklaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ballkleid” is uncommon German (frequency #78,921 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,921
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist festliches und bodenlanges Kleid, das bei einem Ball getragen wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-ballkleid · Ballkleid · German

Ballkleid · rank #78,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,921
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Baldauf

Nearest frequency peer: Baldauf (-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 „Ballkleid“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ballkleid
PropertyValue
HeadwordBallkleid
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbalˌklaɪ̯t]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,921
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ballkleid“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Baldauf“ (#78,920), „bail“ (#78,919), „bangs“ (#78,923). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Ballkleid“ bei #78,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ballkleid is uncommon German at frequency #78,921 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbalˌklaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist festliches und bodenlanges Kleid, das bei einem Ball getragen wird".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ballkleid, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ballkleid, spelled B-A-L-L-K-L-E-I-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist festliches und bodenlanges Kleid, das bei einem Ball getragen wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Heute trug sie ihr erstes Ballkleid.
  2. „Sie trug ein nach der Mode von 1914 gearbeitetes Kleid aus blauem Tüll – das einzige Ballkleid, das sie je besessen und, soviel ich weiß, nur zweimal in ihrem Leben getragen hat.“

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 "Ballkleid"?
"Ballkleid" is spelled B-A-L-L-K-L-E-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbalˌklaɪ̯t].
What does "Ballkleid" mean?
As a noun, "Ballkleid" means: meist festliches und bodenlanges Kleid, das bei einem Ball getragen wird
How do you pronounce "Ballkleid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ballkleid" is [ˈbalˌklaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ballkleid" come from?
"Ballkleid" 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 "Ballkleid", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

badischer#78,916aussaugen#78,901ausgeübte#78,900belebende#78,947

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list