Bismark

[ˈbɪsmaʁk]

/[ˈbɪsmaʁk]/ name

The verdict

“Bismark” is uncommon German (frequency #66,052 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,052
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Familienname, Nachname

Corpus desk

Index DE-bismark · Bismark · German

Bismark · rank #66,052 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,052
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Biogasanlage

Nearest frequency peer: Biogasanlage (-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 „Bismark“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bismark
PropertyValue
HeadwordBismark
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈbɪsmaʁk]
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,052
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bismark“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bismarkfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Biogasanlage“ (#66,051), „bizarrer“ (#66,053), „Bezugs“ (#66,049). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bismark“ bei #66,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bismark is uncommon German at frequency #66,052 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbɪsmaʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutscher Familienname, Nachname".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bismark, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bismark, spelled B-I-S-M-A-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutscher Familienname, Nachname

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 "Bismark"?
"Bismark" is spelled B-I-S-M-A-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɪsmaʁk].
What does "Bismark" mean?
As a proper noun, "Bismark" means: deutscher Familienname, Nachname
How do you pronounce "Bismark"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bismark" is [ˈbɪsmaʁk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bismark" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list