Bison
[ˈbiːzɔn]
The verdict
“Bison” is uncommon German (frequency #55,194 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,194
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Gattung europäischer und nordamerikanischer Wildrinder
Corpus desk
Index DE-bison · Bison · German
Bison · rank #55,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,194
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH birth
Nearest frequency peer: birth (-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 „Bison“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bildungsmin…
Bildungsminister
44,811 corpus weight
- Bildungsmin…
Bildungsministerium
44,810 corpus weight
- Bioladen
Bioladen
44,809 corpus weight
- birth
birth
44,808 corpus weight
- Bison
Bison
44,807 corpus weight
- Blaupause
Blaupause
44,806 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bison“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bison |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbiːzɔn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bison“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bison is uncommon German at frequency #55,194 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbiːzɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bison in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bison, spelled B-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1eine Gattung europäischer und nordamerikanischer Wildrinder
- 2eine Art aus dieser Gattung, der Amerikanische Bison (Bison bison)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aus dem Steppenwisent entwickelten sich zwei Arten des Bisons, die in zwei aufeinander folgenden Einwanderungswellen die südlicheren Teile des Kontinents eroberten.
„In dieser misslichen Lage erreicht uns die Nachricht, dass in Tschernobyl ein Bison gestorben ist, der einst dorthin verbracht wurde, um das Gras in der Todeszone kurz zu halten.“
Synonyms
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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