Bantu
[ˈbantu]
The verdict
“Bantu” is uncommon German (frequency #92,634 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,634
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Angehöriger eines Volkes, das eine Bantusprache spricht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bantu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbantu] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bantu” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bantu is uncommon German at frequency #92,634 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbantu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger eines Volkes, das eine Bantusprache spricht".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bantu in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Bantu, spelled B-A-N-T-U.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger eines Volkes, das eine Bantusprache spricht
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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Using “Bantu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-N-T-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.