Biarritz

[bjaˈʁit͡s]

/[bjaˈʁit͡s]/ name

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The verdict

“Biarritz” is uncommon German (frequency #96,746 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,746
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - französische Stadt am Atlantik in Aquitanien

Corpus desk

Index DE-biarritz · Biarritz · German

Biarritz · rank #96,746 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,746
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bibliografisc…

Nearest frequency peer: bibliografische (+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 „Biarritz“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Biarritz
PropertyValue
HeadwordBiarritz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[bjaˈʁit͡s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,746
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Biarritz“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Biarritzfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bibliografische“ (#96,747), „Bierglas“ (#96,748), „Bezirksausschuss“ (#96,743). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Biarritz“ bei #96,746. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Biarritz is uncommon German at frequency #96,746 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [bjaˈʁit͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "französische Stadt am Atlantik in Aquitanien".

Biarritz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Biarritz, spelled B-I-A-R-R-I-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    französische Stadt am Atlantik in Aquitanien

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wir waren letztes Jahr in Biarritz zum Surfen.
  2. Die ehemalige kaiserliche Residenz in Biarritz wird heute als Hotel genutzt.

This word in other languages

Biarritz(Français)

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 "Biarritz"?
"Biarritz" is spelled B-I-A-R-R-I-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [bjaˈʁit͡s].
What does "Biarritz" mean?
As a proper noun, "Biarritz" means: französische Stadt am Atlantik in Aquitanien
How do you pronounce "Biarritz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Biarritz" is [bjaˈʁit͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Biarritz" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bierglas#96,748belüftet#96,723carvalho#96,791Chanukka#96,796

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list