Blasius
[ˈblaːzi̯ʊs]
The verdict
“Blasius” is uncommon German (frequency #54,393 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,393
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-blasius · Blasius · German
Blasius · rank #54,393 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,393
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH blanker
Nearest frequency peer: blanker (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Blasius”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Blaise
Blaise
45,611 corpus weight
- blanker
blanker
45,609 corpus weight
- Blasius
Blasius
45,608 corpus weight
- Blockhaus
Blockhaus
45,607 corpus weight
- Bläschen
Bläschen
45,605 corpus weight
- BMF
BMF
45,604 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Blasius” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Blasius |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈblaːzi̯ʊs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Blasius” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Blasius is uncommon German at frequency #54,393 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈblaːzi̯ʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Blasius, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Blasius, spelled B-L-A-S-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Blasius", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.