bilingual

[ˈbiːlɪŋˌɡu̯aːl]

/[ˈbiːlɪŋˌɡu̯aːl]/ adj

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The verdict

“bilingual” is uncommon German (frequency #87,500 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,500
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwei Sprachen betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-bilingual · bilingual · German

bilingual · rank #87,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,500
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bildhafte

Nearest frequency peer: bildhafte (-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 „bilingual“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bilingual
PropertyValue
Headwordbilingual
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈbiːlɪŋˌɡu̯aːl]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,500
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bilingual“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).bilingualfällt 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: „bildhafte“ (#87,499), „Binsen“ (#87,501), „Bioprodukte“ (#87,502). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bilingual“ bei #87,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bilingual is uncommon German at frequency #87,500 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbiːlɪŋˌɡu̯aːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zwei Sprachen betreffend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bilingual, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is bilingual, spelled B-I-L-I-N-G-U-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    zwei Sprachen betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Manche Kinder, deren Eltern verschiedene Muttersprachen sprechen, wachsen bilingual auf.
  2. Die Schule ist bilingual: Ein Teil der Fächer wird in Deutsch, ein anderer in Englisch unterrichtet.

Synonyms

zweisprachig

Antonyms

monolingualtrilingualmultilingual

This word in other languages

bilingual(English)bilingüe(Español)bilingue(Français)

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 "bilingual"?
"bilingual" is spelled B-I-L-I-N-G-U-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbiːlɪŋˌɡu̯aːl].
What does "bilingual" mean?
As an adjective, "bilingual" means: zwei Sprachen betreffend
How do you pronounce "bilingual"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bilingual" is [ˈbiːlɪŋˌɡu̯aːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bilingual" come from?
"bilingual" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bildhafte#87,499botanisch#87,513Behälters#87,465Begehrens#87,463

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list