Belgium
[ˈbɛldʒəm]
The verdict
“Belgium” is uncommon German (frequency #62,232 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,232
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staat in Westeuropa; Belgium
Corpus desk
Index DE-belgium · Belgium · German
Belgium · rank #62,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,232
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Beitritts
Nearest frequency peer: Beitritts (-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 „Belgium“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- beigefügten
beigefügten
37,772 corpus weight
- Beinchen
Beinchen
37,771 corpus weight
- Beitritts
Beitritts
37,770 corpus weight
- Belgium
Belgium
37,769 corpus weight
- bemannte
bemannte
37,768 corpus weight
- Berggipfel
Berggipfel
37,767 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Belgium“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Belgium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛldʒəm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Belgium“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Belgium is uncommon German at frequency #62,232 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbɛldʒəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Staat in Westeuropa; Belgium".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Belgium, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Belgium, spelled B-E-L-G-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Staat in Westeuropa; Belgium
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Belgium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Brussels is the capital of Belgium.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).