Belgique
[bɛlʒik]
The verdict
“Belgique” is uncommon German (frequency #65,030 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,030
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Staat in Westeuropa: Belgien
Corpus desk
Index DE-belgique · Belgique · German
Belgique · rank #65,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,030
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH Belehrungen
Nearest frequency peer: Belehrungen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Belgique”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Beichtstuhl
Beichtstuhl
34,973 corpus weight
- Belehrungen
Belehrungen
34,972 corpus weight
- Belgique
Belgique
34,971 corpus weight
- bemitleiden
bemitleiden
34,970 corpus weight
- bereinigten
bereinigten
34,969 corpus weight
- Bergbahnen
Bergbahnen
34,968 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Belgique” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Belgique |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bɛlʒik] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Belgique” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Belgique is uncommon German at frequency #65,030 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [bɛlʒik]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Staat in Westeuropa: Belgien".
Zero misspellings are on record for Belgique in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Belgique, spelled B-E-L-G-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Staat in Westeuropa: Belgien
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Belgique", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.