Balustrade

[balʊsˈtʁaːdə]

/[balʊsˈtʁaːdə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Balustrade” is an uncommon German word, ranked #93,993 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#93,993
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Brüstung oder Geländer, das aus einer niedrigen Säulenreihe besteht

Key facts for Balustrade
PropertyValue
HeadwordBalustrade
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[balʊsˈtʁaːdə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,993
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Balustrade” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Balustrade lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Balustrade is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [balʊsˈtʁaːdə]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,993 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

This word in other languages

balustrade(English)balustrade(Français)

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?
"Balustrade" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Balustrade”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-A-L-U-S-T-R-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [balʊsˈtʁaːdə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list