Binnenschifffahrt
[ˈbɪnənˌʃɪffaːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“Binnenschifffahrt” is uncommon German (frequency #82,585 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,585
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schifffahrt auf Binnengewässern, also Flüssen, Seen und Kanälen
Corpus desk
Index DE-binnenschifffahrt · Binnenschifffahrt · German
Binnenschifffahrt · rank #82,585 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,585
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bildungsgang
Nearest frequency peer: Bildungsgang (-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 „Binnenschifffahrt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- bezwangen
bezwangen
17,419 corpus weight
- Bienenwachs
Bienenwachs
17,418 corpus weight
- Bildungsgang
Bildungsgang
17,417 corpus weight
- Binnenschif…
Binnenschifffahrt
17,416 corpus weight
- Biochemiker
Biochemiker
17,415 corpus weight
- BJP
BJP
17,413 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Binnenschifffahrt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Binnenschifffahrt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɪnənˌʃɪffaːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #82,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Binnenschifffahrt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Binnenschifffahrt is uncommon German at frequency #82,585 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɪnənˌʃɪffaːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schifffahrt auf Binnengewässern, also Flüssen, Seen und Kanälen".
Binnenschifffahrt has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Binnenschifffahrt, spelled B-I-N-N-E-N-S-C-H-I-F-F-F-A-H-R-T.
Definition
- 1Schifffahrt auf Binnengewässern, also Flüssen, Seen und Kanälen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Binnenschifffahrt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Binnenschifffahrt entwickelte sich von der Flößerei über Treidelschifffahrt und Dampfschifffahrt zur Motorschifffahrt.
Antonyms
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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