baufällig
[ˈbaʊ̯ˌfɛlɪç]
The verdict
“baufällig” is uncommon German (frequency #67,020 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,020
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - baulich nicht mehr stabil, meist vom Einsturz bedroht und daher Arbeiten zur Instandsetzung benötigend
Corpus desk
Index DE-baufallig · baufällig · German
baufällig · rank #67,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,020
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Baues
Nearest frequency peer: Baues (-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 „baufällig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bauernkrieg
Bauernkrieg
32,983 corpus weight
- Baues
Baues
32,982 corpus weight
- baufällig
baufällig
32,981 corpus weight
- Beamtinnen
Beamtinnen
32,979 corpus weight
- Bedeckung
Bedeckung
32,978 corpus weight
- bedrängte
bedrängte
32,977 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „baufällig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baufällig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbaʊ̯ˌfɛlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „baufällig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
baufällig is uncommon German at frequency #67,020 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbaʊ̯ˌfɛlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "baulich nicht mehr stabil, meist vom Einsturz bedroht und daher Arbeiten zur Instandsetzung benötigend".
Zero misspellings are on record for baufällig in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is baufällig, spelled B-A-U-F-Ä-L-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1baulich nicht mehr stabil, meist vom Einsturz bedroht und daher Arbeiten zur Instandsetzung benötigend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how baufällig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die baufällige Garage wurde abgerissen.
Die baufällige Sporthalle darf nicht mehr betreten werden, bis die Sanierung abgeschlossen ist.
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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