BLB
The verdict
“BLB” is uncommon German (frequency #98,207 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,207
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für Bad Berleburg, Siegen-Wittgenstein
Corpus desk
Index DE-blb · BLB · German
BLB · rank #98,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,207
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH blaugrau
Nearest frequency peer: blaugrau (-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 “BLB”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Blaualgen
Blaualgen
1,796 corpus weight
- blaugrau
blaugrau
1,795 corpus weight
- BLB
BLB
1,794 corpus weight
- blended
blended
1,792 corpus weight
- blitzblank
blitzblank
1,791 corpus weight
- Blutgruppen
Blutgruppen
1,790 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “BLB” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | BLB |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #98,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “BLB” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
BLB is uncommon German at frequency #98,207 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for BLB, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is BLB, spelled B-L-B.
Definition
- 1Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für Bad Berleburg, Siegen-Wittgenstein
- 2Kfz-Kennzeichen in Deutschland
- 3Back-Light-Blinking (englisch), blinkende Hintergrundbeleuchtung
- 4Bayerische Landesbank, München
- 5Bremer Landesbank
- 6Berchtesgadener Land Bahn
- 7Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe
- 8Bundesverband der Landwirtschaftlichen Berufsgenossenschaften
- 9Berlin Linien Bus
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how BLB appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Schlitten mit BLB XX-999 bleibt heute beim Blitzmarathon in der Garage.
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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Data Source
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