Berliner

/[bɛʁˈliːnɐ]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#775

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Berliner is aGermannoun. It means: Einwohner, Bewohner der Stadt Berlin, eine in Berlin geborene Person Pronounced [bɛʁˈliːnɐ]. It ranks #775 in German word frequency. Often confused with Berner and Berlins.

Key facts for Berliner
PropertyValue
HeadwordBerliner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɛʁˈliːnɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#775
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Berliner in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Berliner is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bɛʁˈliːnɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #775 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Einwohner, Bewohner der Stadt Berlin, eine in Berlin geborene Person".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Berliner, with forms such as "bberliner", "belriner", and "berilner". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Berner", "Berlins", "berlinern", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Berliner, spelled B-E-R-L-I-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einwohner, Bewohner der Stadt Berlin, eine in Berlin geborene Person

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bberliner,belriner,berilner,berlienr,berlinerr,berlinner,berlinre,berlliner,berlnier,berrliner,breliner,ebrliner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Berliner

Misspelling Variants of "Berliner"

bberliner9belriner8berilner8berlienr8berlinerr9berlinner9berlinre8berlliner9
Misspelling Variants of "Berliner"

Frequency rank: #775 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Berliner"?
"Berliner" is spelled B-E-R-L-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bɛʁˈliːnɐ].
What does "Berliner" mean?
As a noun, "Berliner" means: Einwohner, Bewohner der Stadt Berlin, eine in Berlin geborene Person
What words are commonly confused with "Berliner"?
"Berliner" is commonly confused with "Berner", "Berlins", "berlinern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Berliner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Berliner" is [bɛʁˈliːnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Berliner" come from?
"Berliner" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.