blubbern
[ˈblʊbɐn]
The verdict
“blubbern” is uncommon German (frequency #87,504 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,504
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Geräusch, das Gasblasen beim Erreichen der Flüssigkeitsoberfläche verursachen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blubbern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈblʊbɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blubbern” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
blubbern is uncommon German at frequency #87,504 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈblʊbɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
blubbern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is blubbern, spelled B-L-U-B-B-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1das Geräusch, das Gasblasen beim Erreichen der Flüssigkeitsoberfläche verursachen
- 2unsinnige Sachen reden
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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Using “blubbern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-L-U-B-B-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.