balu

[ˈbalu]

/[ˈbalu]/ noun

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The verdict

“balu” is uncommon German (frequency #69,015 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,015
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs bal

Corpus desk

Index DE-balu · balu · German

balu · rank #69,015 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,015
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ballungsraum

Nearest frequency peer: Ballungsraum (-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 „balu“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for balu
PropertyValue
Headwordbalu
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbalu]
Letters4
Frequency rank#69,015
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „balu“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).balufällt 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: „Ballungsraum“ (#69,014), „barrierefreier“ (#69,016), „Backes“ (#69,013). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „balu“ bei #69,015. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

balu is uncommon German at frequency #69,015 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbalu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for balu, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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. The correct German form is balu, spelled B-A-L-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs bal
  2. 2
    Lokativ Singular des Substantivs bal
  3. 3
    Vokativ Singular des Substantivs bal

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 "balu"?
"balu" is spelled B-A-L-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbalu].
What does "balu" mean?
As a noun, "balu" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs bal
How do you pronounce "balu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balu" is [ˈbalu]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balu" come from?
"balu" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bilk#69,051Äxte#68,935coma#69,102Zeta#68,912

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list