Bombardement
[bɔmbaʁdəˈmɑ̃ː]
The verdict
“Bombardement” is uncommon German (frequency #53,551 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,551
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - andauernder Angriff mit schwerem Geschütz oder aus der Luft mit Bomben
Corpus desk
Index DE-bombardement · Bombardement · German
Bombardement · rank #53,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,551
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Boje
Nearest frequency peer: Boje (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bombardement“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bludenz
Bludenz
46,453 corpus weight
- Bodyguards
Bodyguards
46,452 corpus weight
- Boje
Boje
46,451 corpus weight
- Bombardement
Bombardement
46,450 corpus weight
- bonjour
bonjour
46,449 corpus weight
- Botswana
Botswana
46,448 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bombardement“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bombardement |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bɔmbaʁdəˈmɑ̃ː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #53,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bombardement“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bombardement is uncommon German at frequency #53,551 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɔmbaʁdəˈmɑ̃ː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "andauernder Angriff mit schwerem Geschütz oder aus der Luft mit Bomben".
No misspelling variants are generated for Bombardement in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Bombardement, spelled B-O-M-B-A-R-D-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1andauernder Angriff mit schwerem Geschütz oder aus der Luft mit Bomben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bombardement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Stunde vor Dunkelwerden beginnt die Artillerie ein abtastendes Sperrfeuer, das sich immer mehr an die feindlichen Gräben heranschiebt und sich schließlich in einem fünfzehn Minuten dauernden Bombardement darauf konzentriert.“
„Nach den Bombardements vom 6. November und 28. Dezember 1944 glich Koblenz einer Geisterstadt.“
Synonyms
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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