Biograph
[bioˈɡʁaːf]
The verdict
“Biograph” is uncommon German (frequency #59,508 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,508
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der die Lebensgeschichte einer Person, ihre Biographie, erarbeitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-biograph · Biograph · German
Biograph · rank #59,508 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,508
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bienenstock
Nearest frequency peer: Bienenstock (-2 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 „Biograph“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- beziehst
beziehst
40,497 corpus weight
- Bezirksbürg…
Bezirksbürgermeister
40,496 corpus weight
- Bienenstock
Bienenstock
40,495 corpus weight
- Biograph
Biograph
40,493 corpus weight
- Blaubeeren
Blaubeeren
40,490 corpus weight
- bleicher
bleicher
40,489 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Biograph“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Biograph |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bioˈɡʁaːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Biograph“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Biograph is uncommon German at frequency #59,508 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bioˈɡʁaːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der die Lebensgeschichte einer Person, ihre Biographie, erarbeitet".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Biograph, 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Biograph, spelled B-I-O-G-R-A-P-H.
Definition
- 1jemand, der die Lebensgeschichte einer Person, ihre Biographie, erarbeitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Biograph appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Erstaunlicherweise hat keiner der vielen Biographen Pücklers auf diese andere, gleichsam patriotische Seite seines Verhaltens hingewiesen.“
„Obwohl seine Bücher meist auf persönlichen Erlebnissen basieren, war er niemals daran interessiert, sich Biographen anzuvertrauen.“
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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