Baurat
[ˈbaʊ̯ˌʁaːt]
The verdict
“Baurat” is uncommon German (frequency #73,287 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,287
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bautechnisch ausgebildeter Beamter im Dienstverhältnis mit einer staatlichen oder städtischen Verwaltungseinheit, der für die Planung und Ausführung öffentlicher Bauaufgaben verantwortlich war
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Baurat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaʊ̯ˌʁaːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Baurat” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Baurat is uncommon German at frequency #73,287 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaʊ̯ˌʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bautechnisch ausgebildeter Beamter im Dienstverhältnis mit einer staatlichen oder städtischen Verwaltungseinheit, der für die Planung und Ausführung öffentlicher Bauaufgaben verantwortlich war".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Baurat, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Baurat, spelled B-A-U-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1bautechnisch ausgebildeter Beamter im Dienstverhältnis mit einer staatlichen oder städtischen Verwaltungseinheit, der für die Planung und Ausführung öffentlicher Bauaufgaben verantwortlich war
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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Using “Baurat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-U-R-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.