Balustrade

[balʊsˈtʁaːdə]

/[balʊsˈtʁaːdə]/ noun

The verdict

“Balustrade” is uncommon German (frequency #93,993 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,993
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brüstung oder Geländer, das aus einer niedrigen Säulenreihe besteht

Corpus desk

Index DE-balustrade · Balustrade · German

Balustrade · rank #93,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,993
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH ballt

Nearest frequency peer: ballt (-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 „Balustrade“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Balustrade
PropertyValue
HeadwordBalustrade
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[balʊsˈtʁaːdə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,993
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Balustrade“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Balustradefällt 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: „ballt“ (#93,992), „Bajonette“ (#93,991), „Bandnamen“ (#93,995). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Balustrade“ bei #93,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Balustrade is uncommon German at frequency #93,993 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [balʊsˈtʁaːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brüstung oder Geländer, das aus einer niedrigen Säulenreihe besteht".

Balustrade doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Balustrade, spelled B-A-L-U-S-T-R-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brüstung oder Geländer, das aus einer niedrigen Säulenreihe besteht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Balustraden im Schloss müssten dringend renoviert werden.
  2. „Ich setze mich auf eine Balustrade und lasse die Beine baumeln.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Balustrade"?
"Balustrade" is spelled B-A-L-U-S-T-R-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [balʊsˈtʁaːdə].
What does "Balustrade" mean?
As a noun, "Balustrade" means: Brüstung oder Geländer, das aus einer niedrigen Säulenreihe besteht
How do you pronounce "Balustrade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Balustrade" is [balʊsˈtʁaːdə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Balustrade" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list