Ballungsraum
[ˈbalʊŋsˌʁaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Ballungsraum” is uncommon German (frequency #69,014 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,014
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Häufung zusammenhängender Städte und Industrien auf engem Raum mit mindestens 500.000 Einwohnern und einer Bevölkerungsdichte um 1000 Ew./km² oder mehr
Corpus desk
Index DE-ballungsraum · Ballungsraum · German
Ballungsraum · rank #69,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,014
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Backes
Nearest frequency peer: Backes (-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 „Ballungsraum“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- aussagekräf…
aussagekräftigen
30,992 corpus weight
- ausspülen
ausspülen
30,990 corpus weight
- Backes
Backes
30,988 corpus weight
- Ballungsraum
Ballungsraum
30,987 corpus weight
- balu
balu
30,986 corpus weight
- barrierefre…
barrierefreier
30,985 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ballungsraum“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ballungsraum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbalʊŋsˌʁaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ballungsraum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ballungsraum is uncommon German at frequency #69,014 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbalʊŋsˌʁaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Häufung zusammenhängender Städte und Industrien auf engem Raum mit mindestens 500.000 Einwohnern und einer Bevölkerungsdichte um 1000 Ew./km² oder mehr".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ballungsraum in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ballungsraum, spelled B-A-L-L-U-N-G-S-R-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1Häufung zusammenhängender Städte und Industrien auf engem Raum mit mindestens 500.000 Einwohnern und einer Bevölkerungsdichte um 1000 Ew./km² oder mehr
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ballungsraum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Ruhrgebiet ist der größte Ballungsraum Europas.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).