bao cao su

/[ʔɓaːw˧˧ kaːw˧˧ su˧˧]/ noun

The verdict

“bao cao su” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: meist aus Latex bestehende Hülle, die vor dem Geschlechtsverkehr über das männliche Glied gestreift wird, um vor Schwangerschaften und sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten zu schützen; Kondom

Key facts for bao cao su
PropertyValue
Headwordbao cao su
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʔɓaːw˧˧ kaːw˧˧ su˧˧]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bao cao su” sits in German frequency

bao cao su falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for bao cao su is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʔɓaːw˧˧ kaːw˧˧ su˧˧]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "meist aus Latex bestehende Hülle, die vor dem Geschlechtsverkehr über das männliche Glied gestreift wird, um vor Schwangerschaften und sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten zu schützen; Kondom".

No misspelling variants are generated for bao cao su in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is bao cao su, spelled B-A-O- -C-A-O- -S-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist aus Latex bestehende Hülle, die vor dem Geschlechtsverkehr über das männliche Glied gestreift wird, um vor Schwangerschaften und sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten zu schützen; Kondom

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bao cao su"?
"bao cao su" is spelled B-A-O- -C-A-O- -S-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ʔɓaːw˧˧ kaːw˧˧ su˧˧].
What does "bao cao su" mean?
As a noun, "bao cao su" means: meist aus Latex bestehende Hülle, die vor dem Geschlechtsverkehr über das männliche Glied gestreift wird, um vor Schwangerschaften und sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten zu schützen; Kondom
How do you pronounce "bao cao su"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bao cao su" is [ʔɓaːw˧˧ kaːw˧˧ su˧˧]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bao cao su" come from?
"bao cao su" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “bao cao su”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is B-A-O- -C-A-O- -S-U — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʔɓaːw˧˧ kaːw˧˧ su˧˧] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.