Balthasar

/[ˈbaltazaʁ]/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,317

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Balthasar is aGermanname. It means: männlicher Vorname Pronounced [ˈbaltazaʁ].

Key facts for Balthasar
PropertyValue
HeadwordBalthasar
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈbaltazaʁ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,317
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Balthasar in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Balthasar is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaltazaʁ]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,317 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "männlicher Vorname".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Balthasar, with forms such as "ablthasar", "balhtasar", and "ballthasar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Balthasar, spelled B-A-L-T-H-A-S-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ablthasar,balhtasar,ballthasar,baltahsar,balthaasr,balthasarr,balthasra,balthassar,balthhasar,balthsaar,baltthasar,batlhasar,bbalthasar,blathasar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Balthasar

Misspelling Variants of "Balthasar"

ablthasar9balhtasar9ballthasar10baltahsar9balthaasr9balthasarr10balthasra9balthassar10
Misspelling Variants of "Balthasar"

Frequency rank: #26,317 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Balthasar"?
"Balthasar" is spelled B-A-L-T-H-A-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaltazaʁ].
What does "Balthasar" mean?
As a name, "Balthasar" means: männlicher Vorname
What are common misspellings of "Balthasar"?
Common misspellings include "ablthasar", "balhtasar", "ballthasar", "baltahsar", "balthaasr". The correct spelling is "Balthasar".
How do you pronounce "Balthasar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Balthasar" is [ˈbaltazaʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Balthasar" come from?
"Balthasar" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.