Belladonna

[bɛlaˈdɔna]

/[bɛlaˈdɔna]/ noun

The verdict

“Belladonna” is uncommon German (frequency #85,006 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,006
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tollkirsche

Corpus desk

Index DE-belladonna · Belladonna · German

Belladonna · rank #85,006 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,006
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bekanntgab

Nearest frequency peer: bekanntgab (-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 „Belladonna“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Belladonna
PropertyValue
HeadwordBelladonna
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɛlaˈdɔna]
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,006
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Belladonna“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bekanntgab“ (#85,005), „Benediktinerabtei“ (#85,007), „beizufügen“ (#85,004). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Belladonna“ bei #85,006. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Belladonna is uncommon German at frequency #85,006 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɛlaˈdɔna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Belladonna in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Belladonna, spelled B-E-L-L-A-D-O-N-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tollkirsche
  2. 2
    aus Tollkirsche hergestelltes Medikament

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ihr Gesicht war scharlachrot, ihre Augen waren groß und leuchtend, als habe sie Belladonna in sie geträufelt.“
  2. „Und im selben Augenblick kam eine große, schöne und ordentlich bemalte Frau herein, mit Strümpfen wie aus Glas, mit Belladonna in den Augen, mit roten Schuhen und einem Hut, dessen Krempe so groß war, daß sie sich schräg durch die Tür zwängen mußte.“

Synonyms

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 "Belladonna"?
"Belladonna" is spelled B-E-L-L-A-D-O-N-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [bɛlaˈdɔna].
What does "Belladonna" mean?
As a noun, "Belladonna" means: Tollkirsche
How do you pronounce "Belladonna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Belladonna" is [bɛlaˈdɔna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Belladonna" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list