blaze

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The verdict

“blaze” is uncommon German (frequency #51,172 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,172
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Brand: insbesondere ein sich schnell ausbreitendes Feuer mit viel Flammen und Licht

Corpus desk

Index DE-blaze · blaze · German

blaze · rank #51,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,172
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH bir

Nearest frequency peer: bir (-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 „blaze“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for blaze
PropertyValue
Headwordblaze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#51,172
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „blaze“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).blazefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „bir“ (#51,170), „Blutkreislauf“ (#51,174), „Bildungsstätte“ (#51,169). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „blaze“ bei #51,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blaze is uncommon German at frequency #51,172 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Brand: insbesondere ein sich schnell ausbreitendes Feuer mit viel Flammen und Licht".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for blaze, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is blaze, spelled B-L-A-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Brand: insbesondere ein sich schnell ausbreitendes Feuer mit viel Flammen und Licht

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 "blaze"?
"blaze" is spelled B-L-A-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "blaze" mean?
As a noun, "blaze" means: der Brand: insbesondere ein sich schnell ausbreitendes Feuer mit viel Flammen und Licht
How do you pronounce "blaze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blaze" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list