Bildstock
[ˈbɪltˌʃtɔk]
The verdict
“Bildstock” is uncommon German (frequency #88,711 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,711
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Freien auf einem Pfeiler oder Sockel angebrachtes Heiligenbild oder Heiligenfigur
Corpus desk
Index DE-bildstock · Bildstock · German
Bildstock · rank #88,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,711
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bewegungsmang…
Nearest frequency peer: Bewegungsmangel (-3 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 „Bildstock“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Beverungen
Beverungen
11,296 corpus weight
- bewaldet
bewaldet
11,295 corpus weight
- bewaldete
bewaldete
11,294 corpus weight
- Bewegungsma…
Bewegungsmangel
11,293 corpus weight
- Bildstock
Bildstock
11,290 corpus weight
- BitTorrent
BitTorrent
11,286 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bildstock“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bildstock |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɪltˌʃtɔk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bildstock“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bildstock is uncommon German at frequency #88,711 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɪltˌʃtɔk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Freien auf einem Pfeiler oder Sockel angebrachtes Heiligenbild oder Heiligenfigur".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bildstock in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bildstock, spelled B-I-L-D-S-T-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1im Freien auf einem Pfeiler oder Sockel angebrachtes Heiligenbild oder Heiligenfigur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bildstock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Religiöse Kleindenkmäler mit Devotionalien wie Bilder, Figuren und so weiter sind Bildstöcke, die im Freien aufgestellt werden und den Volksgeist symbolisieren.
„Die Bildstöcke mit den Leidensstationen Jesu waren nach Kriegsende dem Vandalismus zum Opfer gefallen, aber in Hermine Tippelts Erzählungen lebten sie weiter.“
This word in other languages
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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