Blumenau
[ˈbluːmənaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Blumenau” is uncommon German (frequency #94,049 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,049
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadt im brasilianischen Bundesstaat Santa Catarina
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Blumenau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈbluːmənaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Blumenau” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Blumenau is uncommon German at frequency #94,049 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈbluːmənaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im brasilianischen Bundesstaat Santa Catarina".
Zero misspellings are on record for Blumenau in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Blumenau, spelled B-L-U-M-E-N-A-U.
Definition
- 1Stadt im brasilianischen Bundesstaat Santa Catarina
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 “Blumenau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-L-U-M-E-N-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbluːmənaʊ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.