Bhutan

[ˈbuːtan]

/[ˈbuːtan]/ name

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The verdict

“Bhutan” is uncommon German (frequency #63,166 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,166
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - asiatisches Land im Himalaya

Corpus desk

Index DE-bhutan · Bhutan · German

Bhutan · rank #63,166 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,166
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH binär

Nearest frequency peer: binär (+2 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 „Bhutan“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bhutan
PropertyValue
HeadwordBhutan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈbuːtan]
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,166
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bhutan“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „binär“ (#63,168), „Bewohnerinnen“ (#63,163), „Biomüll“ (#63,169). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bhutan“ bei #63,166. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bhutan is uncommon German at frequency #63,166 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbuːtan]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "asiatisches Land im Himalaya".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Bhutan, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 Bhutan, spelled B-H-U-T-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    asiatisches Land im Himalaya

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bhutan ist buddhistisch geprägt.
  2. Thimphu ist die Hauptstadt von Bhutan.

Synonyms

amtlichKönigreich Bhutan

This word in other languages

Bhutan(English)Bután(Español)Bhoutan(Français)Butão(Português)

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 "Bhutan"?
"Bhutan" is spelled B-H-U-T-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbuːtan].
What does "Bhutan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bhutan" means: asiatisches Land im Himalaya
How do you pronounce "Bhutan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bhutan" is [ˈbuːtan]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bhutan" come from?
"Bhutan" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Brakel#63,179Belize#63,151Bauens#63,139Bassin#63,138

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list