Bibliothek

/[biblioˈteːk]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,233

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Bibliothek is aGermannoun. It means: Institution, in der Bücher und/oder sonstige Medien gelesen oder ausgeliehen werden können; oft einschließlich Bd. [2], heutzutage auch digital Pronounced [biblioˈteːk]. It ranks #3,233 in German word frequency. Often confused with Bibliotheken and Bibliothekar.

Key facts for Bibliothek
PropertyValue
HeadwordBibliothek
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[biblioˈteːk]
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,233
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bibliothek is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [biblioˈteːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,233 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bibliothek, with forms such as "bbibliothek", "bbiliothek", and "bibbliothek". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Bibliotheken", "Bibliothekar", "bibliotheca", 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 Bibliothek, spelled B-I-B-L-I-O-T-H-E-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Institution, in der Bücher und/oder sonstige Medien gelesen oder ausgeliehen werden können; oft einschließlich Bd. [2], heutzutage auch digital
  2. 2
    besondere Räumlichkeiten für Bücher/Medien und deren Benutzung
  3. 3
    tendenziell planvoll angelegte oder/und historisch gewachsene Sammlung von Büchern eines Eigentümers oder zu einem Themenbereich
  4. 4
    Name einer als besonders hochwertig empfundenen herausgegebenen Gruppe/Reihe von Werken
  5. 5
    Sammlung von Anwendungs(bau)teilen (oder [fachsprachlich auch] Programmmodulen)

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbibliothek,bbiliothek,bibbliothek,bibilothek,bibliohtek,bibliotehk,bibliothekk,bibliothhek,bibliothke,bibliotthek,biblitohek,biblliothek,bibloithek,bilbiothek,ibbliothek

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bibliothek

Misspelling Variants of "Bibliothek"

bbibliothek11bbiliothek10bibbliothek11bibilothek10bibliohtek10bibliotehk10bibliothekk11bibliothhek11
Misspelling Variants of "Bibliothek"

Frequency rank: #3,233 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bibliothek"?
"Bibliothek" is spelled B-I-B-L-I-O-T-H-E-K. The IPA pronunciation is [biblioˈteːk].
What does "Bibliothek" mean?
As a noun, "Bibliothek" means: Institution, in der Bücher und/oder sonstige Medien gelesen oder ausgeliehen werden können; oft einschließlich Bd. [2], heutzutage auch digital
What words are commonly confused with "Bibliothek"?
"Bibliothek" is commonly confused with "Bibliotheken", "Bibliothekar", "bibliotheca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bibliothek"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bibliothek" is [biblioˈteːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bibliothek" come from?
"Bibliothek" 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.