bille
[bij]
The verdict
“bille” is uncommon German (frequency #85,023 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,023
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas, was die Form einer kleineren Kugel hat
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bille |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bij] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bille” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bille is uncommon German at frequency #85,023 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bij]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bille, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is bille, spelled B-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1etwas, was die Form einer kleineren Kugel hat
- 2Stück eines zersägten Baumstamms oder ein ähnliches Teil aus Eisen
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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Using “bille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bij] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.