Bottich

[ˈbɔtɪç]

/[ˈbɔtɪç]/ noun

The verdict

“Bottich” is uncommon German (frequency #87,514 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,514
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - größeres Gefäß, das oben weit offen ist und Flüssigkeit fassen kann

Corpus desk

Index DE-bottich · Bottich · German

Bottich · rank #87,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,514
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH botanisch

Nearest frequency peer: botanisch (-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 „Bottich“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bottich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bottich
PropertyValue
HeadwordBottich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɔtɪç]
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,514
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bottich“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Bottichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „botanisch“ (#87,513), „Bosniens“ (#87,512), „borgo“ (#87,511). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bottich“ bei #87,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bottich is uncommon German at frequency #87,514 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɔtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größeres Gefäß, das oben weit offen ist und Flüssigkeit fassen kann".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bottich, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 Bottich, spelled B-O-T-T-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    größeres Gefäß, das oben weit offen ist und Flüssigkeit fassen kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bottich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wir haben die Schildkröte, die wir im Garten gefunden haben, in den Bottich gelegt.
  2. „Aber ich glaube, bei weiterem Zuspruch an klaren Schnäpsen hätte ich auch versprochen, einen Keiler mit Pfeil und Bogen zu erlegen, so gebauchpinselt wie ich mich fühlte, denn in dem Bottich sollen schon Goethe und die Gebrüder Grimm gebadet haben.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bottich"?
"Bottich" is spelled B-O-T-T-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɔtɪç].
What does "Bottich" mean?
As a noun, "Bottich" means: größeres Gefäß, das oben weit offen ist und Flüssigkeit fassen kann
How do you pronounce "Bottich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bottich" is [ˈbɔtɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bottich" come from?
"Bottich" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bottich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list