BfR
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The verdict
“BfR” is uncommon German (frequency #57,713 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,713
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung ^(→ WP)
Corpus desk
Index DE-bfr · BfR · German
BfR · rank #57,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,713
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH bewog
Nearest frequency peer: bewog (-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 „BfR“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bethmann
Bethmann
42,292 corpus weight
- bewahrheiten
bewahrheiten
42,290 corpus weight
- bewog
bewog
42,289 corpus weight
- BfR
BfR
42,288 corpus weight
- biblisch
biblisch
42,287 corpus weight
- Bildungsfor…
Bildungsforschung
42,286 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „BfR“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | BfR |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „BfR“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
BfR is uncommon German at frequency #57,713 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung ^(→ WP)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for BfR, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is BfR, spelled B-F-R.
Definition
- 1Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung ^(→ WP)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how BfR appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Experten vom BfR haben sich neun Kühlstoffe genauer angesehen, die in Liquids für E-Zigaretten verwendet werden.“
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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