Basketballspieler
[ˈbaːskətbalˌʃpiːlɐ]
The verdict
“Basketballspieler” is uncommon German (frequency #94,001 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,001
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sportler, der das Basketballspiel ausübt
Corpus desk
Index DE-basketballspieler · Basketballspieler · German
Basketballspieler · rank #94,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,001
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Basiswert
Nearest frequency peer: Basiswert (-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 „Basketballspieler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Balustrade
Balustrade
6,008 corpus weight
- Bandnamen
Bandnamen
6,006 corpus weight
- Barths
Barths
6,004 corpus weight
- Basiswert
Basiswert
6,001 corpus weight
- Basketballs…
Basketballspieler
6,000 corpus weight
- Beep
Beep
5,993 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Basketballspieler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Basketballspieler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaːskətbalˌʃpiːlɐ] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #94,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Basketballspieler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Basketballspieler is uncommon German at frequency #94,001 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaːskətbalˌʃpiːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sportler, der das Basketballspiel ausübt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Basketballspieler, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Basketballspieler, spelled B-A-S-K-E-T-B-A-L-L-S-P-I-E-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sportler, der das Basketballspiel ausübt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Basketballspieler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach einer schnellen Drehung kann der Basketballspieler den Ball im Korb versenken.
„Er war einer der bekanntesten Basketballspieler in den 1980ern, mittlerweile setzt er sich mit seiner Magic Johnson Foundation für Aidsforschung ein.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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