belly
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The verdict
“belly” is uncommon German (frequency #72,214 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,214
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Bauch
Corpus desk
Index DE-belly · belly · German
belly · rank #72,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,214
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH bekundeten
Nearest frequency peer: bekundeten (-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 “belly”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Beirates
Beirates
27,789 corpus weight
- bekundeten
bekundeten
27,788 corpus weight
- belly
belly
27,787 corpus weight
- benachbart
benachbart
27,786 corpus weight
- benchmarking
benchmarking
27,785 corpus weight
- Bendorf
Bendorf
27,784 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “belly” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belly |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “belly” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
belly is uncommon German at frequency #72,214 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Bauch".
Zero misspellings are on record for belly in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 belly, spelled B-E-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1der Bauch
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.
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 "belly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.