Balustrade
[balʊsˈtʁaːdə]
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
- Backfisch
Backfisch
6,011 corpus weight
- Bajonette
Bajonette
6,010 corpus weight
- ballt
ballt
6,009 corpus weight
- Balustrade
Balustrade
6,008 corpus weight
- Bandnamen
Bandnamen
6,006 corpus weight
- Barths
Barths
6,004 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Balustrade“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Balustrade |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [balʊsˈtʁaːdə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Balustrade“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Brüstung oder Geländer, das aus einer niedrigen Säulenreihe besteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Balustrade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Balustraden im Schloss müssten dringend renoviert werden.
„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.
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