bidet
[ˈbiːdeɪ]
The verdict
“bidet” is uncommon German (frequency #71,168 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,168
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein niedrig hängendes Waschbecken zur Körperreinigung; Bidet
Corpus desk
Index DE-bidet · bidet · German
bidet · rank #71,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,168
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH BfA
Nearest frequency peer: BfA (-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 „bidet“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bevorzugst
bevorzugst
28,838 corpus weight
- Bewegtbild
Bewegtbild
28,837 corpus weight
- Beweises
Beweises
28,836 corpus weight
- BfA
BfA
28,835 corpus weight
- bidet
bidet
28,833 corpus weight
- Bischofssitz
Bischofssitz
28,831 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bidet“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bidet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbiːdeɪ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „bidet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
bidet is uncommon German at frequency #71,168 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbiːdeɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein niedrig hängendes Waschbecken zur Körperreinigung; Bidet".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bidet, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bidet, spelled B-I-D-E-T.
Definition
- 1ein niedrig hängendes Waschbecken zur Körperreinigung; Bidet
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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