Bartel
[ˈbaʁtl̩]
The verdict
“Bartel” is uncommon German (frequency #55,165 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,165
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fadenförmiger Anhang (Tast- und Geschmacksorgan) am Maul oder Kinn von Fischen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bartel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaʁtl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bartel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bartel is uncommon German at frequency #55,165 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaʁtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fadenförmiger Anhang (Tast- und Geschmacksorgan) am Maul oder Kinn von Fischen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bartel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Bartel, spelled B-A-R-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1fadenförmiger Anhang (Tast- und Geschmacksorgan) am Maul oder Kinn von Fischen
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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 “Bartel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-R-T-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbaʁtl̩] (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.