Baruch

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The verdict

“Baruch” is uncommon German (frequency #72,197 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,197
frequency rank, German
72,680
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - männlicher Vorname, biblischer Name

Key facts for Baruch
PropertyValue
HeadwordBaruch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,197
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Baruch” 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). Baruch lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Baruch is uncommon German at frequency #72,197 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname, biblischer Name".

Baruch has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Baruch, spelled B-A-R-U-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname, biblischer Name

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 "Baruch"?
"Baruch" is spelled B-A-R-U-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Baruch" mean?
As a proper noun, "Baruch" means: männlicher Vorname, biblischer Name
How do you pronounce "Baruch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Baruch" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Baruch" come from?
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Using “Baruch”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is B-A-R-U-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

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