Bonanza
[boˈnant͡sa]
The verdict
“Bonanza” is uncommon German (frequency #83,769 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,769
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - besonders ertragreiche Lagerstätte (Mine, Erdöl- beziehungsweise Erdgasfeld); ergiebiges Vorkommen von Rohstoffen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bonanza |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [boˈnant͡sa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bonanza” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Bonanza is uncommon German at frequency #83,769 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [boˈnant͡sa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Bonanza 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Bonanza, spelled B-O-N-A-N-Z-A.
Definition
- 1besonders ertragreiche Lagerstätte (Mine, Erdöl- beziehungsweise Erdgasfeld); ergiebiges Vorkommen von Rohstoffen
- 2etwas (Geschäft, Unternehmen oder dergleichen), das sehr profitabel ist oder großen Profit erwarten lässt; sich plötzlich auftuende Quelle des Reichtums, Wohlstands, Glücks; unerwarteter Geldregen
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 “Bonanza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-O-N-A-N-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [boˈnant͡sa] (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.