Bauxit
[baʊ̯ˈksiːt]
The verdict
“Bauxit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - festes, kolloidales Aluminiumhydroxid mit etwas Eisen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bauxit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baʊ̯ˈksiːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bauxit” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bauxit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [baʊ̯ˈksiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "festes, kolloidales Aluminiumhydroxid mit etwas Eisen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bauxit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bauxit, spelled B-A-U-X-I-T.
Definition
- 1festes, kolloidales Aluminiumhydroxid mit etwas Eisen
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Bauxit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-A-U-X-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.