Basilius

[baˈziːli̯ʊs]

/[baˈziːli̯ʊs]/ name

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The verdict

“Basilius” is uncommon German (frequency #67,014 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,014
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-basilius · Basilius · German

Basilius · rank #67,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,014
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH barbarische

Nearest frequency peer: barbarische (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Basilius“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Basilius“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Basilius
PropertyValue
HeadwordBasilius
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[baˈziːli̯ʊs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,014
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Basilius“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Basiliusfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „barbarische“ (#67,013), „Bataillonen“ (#67,015), „Bankdrücken“ (#67,012). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Basilius“ bei #67,014. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Basilius is uncommon German at frequency #67,014 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [baˈziːli̯ʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Basilius, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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. The correct German form is Basilius, spelled B-A-S-I-L-I-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Basilius appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Namenstag von Basilius wird am 2. Januar gefeiert.

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 "Basilius"?
"Basilius" is spelled B-A-S-I-L-I-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈziːli̯ʊs].
What does "Basilius" mean?
As a proper noun, "Basilius" means: männlicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Basilius"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Basilius" is [baˈziːli̯ʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Basilius" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Basilius", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

auskenne#67,004ausblieb#66,998aufzieht#66,993betraute#67,044

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list