Bigfoot

[ˈbɪkfʊt]

/[ˈbɪkfʊt]/ noun

The verdict

“Bigfoot” is uncommon German (frequency #77,758 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,758
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - legendenhaftes Wesen mit riesigen Füßen, einer beträchtlichen Größe und starker Fellbehaarung, welches sich in Nordamerika befinden soll

Corpus desk

Index DE-bigfoot · Bigfoot · German

Bigfoot · rank #77,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,758
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bienenvölker

Nearest frequency peer: Bienenvölker (-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 „Bigfoot“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bigfoot
PropertyValue
HeadwordBigfoot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɪkfʊt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,758
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bigfoot“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Bigfootfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bienenvölker“ (#77,757), „Bildwerke“ (#77,760), „Bibelübersetzung“ (#77,755). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bigfoot“ bei #77,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bigfoot is uncommon German at frequency #77,758 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɪkfʊt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "legendenhaftes Wesen mit riesigen Füßen, einer beträchtlichen Größe und starker Fellbehaarung, welches sich in Nordamerika befinden soll".

Zero misspellings are on record for Bigfoot in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bigfoot, spelled B-I-G-F-O-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    legendenhaftes Wesen mit riesigen Füßen, einer beträchtlichen Größe und starker Fellbehaarung, welches sich in Nordamerika befinden soll

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Hobby-Forscher in den USA fahnden nach dem Bigfoot. Angeblich verrät sich die Kreatur durch Schreie und Spuren. Doch entdecken lässt sich das Affenwesen nicht.“

Synonyms

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 "Bigfoot"?
"Bigfoot" is spelled B-I-G-F-O-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɪkfʊt].
What does "Bigfoot" mean?
As a noun, "Bigfoot" means: legendenhaftes Wesen mit riesigen Füßen, einer beträchtlichen Größe und starker Fellbehaarung, welches sich in Nordamerika befinden soll
How do you pronounce "Bigfoot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bigfoot" is [ˈbɪkfʊt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list