Biennale
[biɛˈnaːlə]
The verdict
“Biennale” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #32,959 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,959
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - alle zwei Jahre stattfindende Ausstellung oder Schau (besonders bildende Kunst und Film)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Biennale |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [biɛˈnaːlə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Biennale” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Biennale is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [biɛˈnaːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,959 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "alle zwei Jahre stattfindende Ausstellung oder Schau (besonders bildende Kunst und Film)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Biennale, with forms such as "bbiennale", "beinnale", and "bienale". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Biennale, spelled B-I-E-N-N-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1alle zwei Jahre stattfindende Ausstellung oder Schau (besonders bildende Kunst und Film)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbiennale,beinnale,bienale,bienanle,biennael,biennalle,biennlae,binenale,ibennale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Biennale - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Biennale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-I-E-N-N-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [biɛˈnaːlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.