Bildungsgang

[ˈbɪldʊŋsˌɡaŋ]

/[ˈbɪldʊŋsˌɡaŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Bildungsgang” is uncommon German (frequency #82,584 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,584
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verlauf der (geistigen) Bildung, Erziehung, speziell der (beruflichen) Aus- und Fortbildung einer Person

Corpus desk

Index DE-bildungsgang · Bildungsgang · German

Bildungsgang · rank #82,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,584
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bienenwachs

Nearest frequency peer: Bienenwachs (-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 „Bildungsgang“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bildungsgang
PropertyValue
HeadwordBildungsgang
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɪldʊŋsˌɡaŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#82,584
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bildungsgang“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bildungsgangfällt 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: „Bienenwachs“ (#82,583), „Binnenschifffahrt“ (#82,585), „bezwangen“ (#82,582). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bildungsgang“ bei #82,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bildungsgang is uncommon German at frequency #82,584 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɪldʊŋsˌɡaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verlauf der (geistigen) Bildung, Erziehung, speziell der (beruflichen) Aus- und Fortbildung einer Person".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bildungsgang, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bildungsgang, spelled B-I-L-D-U-N-G-S-G-A-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verlauf der (geistigen) Bildung, Erziehung, speziell der (beruflichen) Aus- und Fortbildung einer Person

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 "Bildungsgang"?
"Bildungsgang" is spelled B-I-L-D-U-N-G-S-G-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɪldʊŋsˌɡaŋ].
What does "Bildungsgang" mean?
As a noun, "Bildungsgang" means: Verlauf der (geistigen) Bildung, Erziehung, speziell der (beruflichen) Aus- und Fortbildung einer Person
How do you pronounce "Bildungsgang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bildungsgang" is [ˈbɪldʊŋsˌɡaŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bildungsgang" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list