Barsinghausen
[ˌbaʁzɪŋˈhaʊ̯zn̩]
The verdict
“Barsinghausen” is uncommon German (frequency #59,471 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,471
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt (Einheitsgemeinde, Selbständige Gemeinde) in der Region Hannover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Barsinghausen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌbaʁzɪŋˈhaʊ̯zn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #59,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Barsinghausen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Barsinghausen is uncommon German at frequency #59,471 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌbaʁzɪŋˈhaʊ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Barsinghausen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Barsinghausen, spelled B-A-R-S-I-N-G-H-A-U-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt (Einheitsgemeinde, Selbständige Gemeinde) in der Region Hannover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
- 2das historische, wirtschaftliche und administrative Zentrum des zu [1] gehörenden Gebiets
Synonyms
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 “Barsinghausen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-R-S-I-N-G-H-A-U-S-E-N - 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.