Bautzen
[ˈbaʊ̯t͡sn̩]
The verdict
“Bautzen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #12,029 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #12,029
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bautzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaʊ̯t͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bautzen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bautzen is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaʊ̯t͡sn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,029 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bautzen, with forms such as "abutzen", "batuzen", and "bautezn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "bluten", "brüten", "blitzen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Bautzen, spelled B-A-U-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland
- 2Landkreis in Sachsen
- 3ehemalige Kreishauptmannschaft (entspricht in etwa einem heutigen Regierungsbezirk) in Sachsen
- 4ehemalige Amtshauptmannschaft in Sachsen
- 5Land Bautzen bzw. Land Budissin - veraltete Bezeichnung der Oberlausitz
- 6Asteroid 11580
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abutzen,batuzen,bautezn,bauttzen,bautzenn,bautzne,bautzzen,bauzten,bbautzen,buatzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Bautzen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Bautzen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-U-T-Z-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbaʊ̯t͡sn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “bluten” - see the side-by-side comparison. Bautzen vs bluten
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
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.