Bild

/[bɪlt]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#349

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Bild is aGermannoun. It means: (künstlerische) zweidimensionale Darstellung und Wiedergabe in Form eines Gemäldes, einer Zeichnung oder Grafik Pronounced [bɪlt]. It ranks #349 in German word frequency. Often confused with bin and Bio.

Key facts for Bild
PropertyValue
HeadwordBild
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɪlt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#349
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bild is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bɪlt]. Corpus data places it at rank #349 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bild, with forms such as "bbild", "bidl", and "bildd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bin", "Bio", "BRD", and more, 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 Bild, spelled B-I-L-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (künstlerische) zweidimensionale Darstellung und Wiedergabe in Form eines Gemäldes, einer Zeichnung oder Grafik
  2. 2
    Abbildung von etwas (zum Beispiel Fotografie)
  3. 3
    Fernsehbild
  4. 4
    Spiegelung in etwas
  5. 5
    Eindruck/Vorstellung über jemanden oder etwas
  6. 6
    Anblick von jemandem oder etwas
  7. 7
    Bilddatei
  8. 8
    Abschnitt eines Bühnenstücks mit gleichbleibender Dekoration
  9. 9
    Oberbegriff für jegliche Art bildlicher Darstellung/Illustration
  10. 10
    metaphorische oder symbolischer sprachlicher Ausdruck
  11. 11
    einem Element der Definitionsmenge zugeordnetes Element der Zielmenge
  12. 12
    in Deutschland bekannte Tageszeitung
  13. 13
    Teilmenge der Zielmenge, deren Elemente von der Abbildung, begrenzt auf eine bestimmte Teilmenge der Definitionsmenge, als Funktionswert angenommen werden

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbild,bidl,bildd,billd,blid,ibld

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bild

Misspelling Variants of "Bild"

bbild5bidl4bildd5billd5blid4ibld4
Misspelling Variants of "Bild"

Frequency rank: #349 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bild"?
"Bild" is spelled B-I-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bɪlt].
What does "Bild" mean?
As a noun, "Bild" means: (künstlerische) zweidimensionale Darstellung und Wiedergabe in Form eines Gemäldes, einer Zeichnung oder Grafik
What words are commonly confused with "Bild"?
"Bild" is commonly confused with "bin", "Bio", "BRD". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bild"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bild" is [bɪlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bild" come from?
"Bild" 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.