beard

[ˈbɪə(ɹ)d]

/[ˈbɪə(ɹ)d]/ noun

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The verdict

“beard” is uncommon German (frequency #78,935 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,935
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Behaarung im Gesicht; Bart

Corpus desk

Index DE-beard · beard · German

beard · rank #78,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,935
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Baustopp

Nearest frequency peer: Baustopp (-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 „beard“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beard
PropertyValue
Headwordbeard
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɪə(ɹ)d]
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,935
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „beard“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Baustopp“ (#78,934), „Bebauungsplanes“ (#78,936), „bec“ (#78,937). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „beard“ bei #78,935. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beard is uncommon German at frequency #78,935 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɪə(ɹ)d]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Behaarung im Gesicht; Bart".

beard has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is beard, spelled B-E-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Behaarung im Gesicht; Bart

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The Persians are fond of long beards.

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 "beard"?
"beard" is spelled B-E-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɪə(ɹ)d].
What does "beard" mean?
As a noun, "beard" means: Behaarung im Gesicht; Bart
How do you pronounce "beard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beard" is [ˈbɪə(ɹ)d]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beard" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bangs#78,923autre#78,911asked#78,878burst#78,999

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list