Bft

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The verdict

“Bft” is uncommon German (frequency #83,751 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,751
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einheit der Windstärke Beaufort

Corpus desk

Index DE-bft · Bft · German

Bft · rank #83,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,751
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bezirksleitung

Nearest frequency peer: Bezirksleitung (-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 „Bft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bft
PropertyValue
HeadwordBft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#83,751
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bft“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Bftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bezirksleitung“ (#83,750), „bezahlbares“ (#83,749), „bibliothèque“ (#83,753). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bft“ bei #83,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bft is uncommon German at frequency #83,751 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einheit der Windstärke Beaufort".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bft, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Bft, spelled B-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einheit der Windstärke Beaufort

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 0 Bft bedeutet Windstille.

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 "Bft"?
"Bft" is spelled B-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Bft" mean?
As an abbreviation, "Bft" means: Einheit der Windstärke Beaufort
How do you pronounce "Bft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bft" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list