bil

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The verdict

“bil” is uncommon German (frequency #69,048 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,048
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Auto

Corpus desk

Index DE-bil · bil · German

bil · rank #69,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,048
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bildhauerin

Nearest frequency peer: Bildhauerin (+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 „bil“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bil
PropertyValue
Headwordbil
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#69,048
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bil“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bilfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bildhauerin“ (#69,049), „Bildschirms“ (#69,050), „Bezwinger“ (#69,045). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bil“ bei #69,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bil is uncommon German at frequency #69,048 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Auto".

bil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bil, spelled B-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Auto

This word in other languages

car(English)

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 "bil"?
"bil" is spelled B-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "bil" mean?
As a noun, "bil" means: Auto
How do you pronounce "bil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bil" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bil" come from?
"bil" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

BLZ#69,057AKG#68,969ADP#68,965EAN#69,139

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list