Basketballspieler

[ˈbaːskətbalˌʃpiːlɐ]

/[ˈbaːskətbalˌʃpiːlɐ]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Basketballspieler
PropertyValue
HeadwordBasketballspieler
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaːskətbalˌʃpiːlɐ]
Letters17
Frequency rank#94,001
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Basketballspieler“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Basketballspielerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Basiswert“ (#94,000), „Barths“ (#93,997), „Bandnamen“ (#93,995). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Basketballspieler“ bei #94,001. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Sportler, der das Basketballspiel ausübt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nach einer schnellen Drehung kann der Basketballspieler den Ball im Korb versenken.
  2. „Er war einer der bekanntesten Basketballspieler in den 1980ern, mittlerweile setzt er sich mit seiner Magic Johnson Foundation für Aidsforschung ein.“

Synonyms

BasketballerKorbballspieler

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Basketballspieler"?
"Basketballspieler" is spelled B-A-S-K-E-T-B-A-L-L-S-P-I-E-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaːskətbalˌʃpiːlɐ].
What does "Basketballspieler" mean?
As a noun, "Basketballspieler" means: Sportler, der das Basketballspiel ausübt
How do you pronounce "Basketballspieler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Basketballspieler" is [ˈbaːskətbalˌʃpiːlɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Basketballspieler" come from?
"Basketballspieler" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list