Billings

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The verdict

“Billings” is uncommon German (frequency #85,024 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,024
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größte Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Montana

Corpus desk

Index DE-billings · Billings · German

Billings · rank #85,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,024
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bille

Nearest frequency peer: bille (-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 „Billings“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Billings
PropertyValue
HeadwordBillings
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Billings“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Billingsfällt 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: „bille“ (#85,023), „Biometrie“ (#85,026), „Bezirksstaatsanwalt“ (#85,021). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Billings“ bei #85,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Billings is uncommon German at frequency #85,024 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größte Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Montana".

Billings doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Billings, spelled B-I-L-L-I-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    größte Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Montana

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Dann nahmen wir ein Sutton Place Townhome mit unbekanntem Ziel und landeten schließlich in Billings, Montana.“
  2. „Als die Streifenbeamten drinnen waren, hatte er ihnen erzählt, er gehöre dem LAPD an un der Übeltäter sei ein Kiffer, den er nach San Quentin gebracht habe - David Haskins, und in Wahrheit vor Kurzem an einer Überdosis in Billings, Montana, verstorben.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Billings"?
"Billings" is spelled B-I-L-L-I-N-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Billings" mean?
As a proper noun, "Billings" means: größte Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Montana
How do you pronounce "Billings"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Billings" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Billings" come from?
"Billings" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list