bounce

[baʊ̯ns]

/[baʊ̯ns]/ noun

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The verdict

“bounce” is uncommon German (frequency #90,061 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,061
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Sprung, der Satz

Corpus desk

Index DE-bounce · bounce · German

bounce · rank #90,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,061
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH boucher

Nearest frequency peer: boucher (-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 „bounce“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bounce
PropertyValue
Headwordbounce
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baʊ̯ns]
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,061
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bounce“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bouncefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „boucher“ (#90,060), „brasilianisch“ (#90,062), „Bodenkunde“ (#90,057). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bounce“ bei #90,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bounce is uncommon German at frequency #90,061 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baʊ̯ns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bounce, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 bounce, spelled B-O-U-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Sprung, der Satz
  2. 2
    die Elastizität
  3. 3
    der Schwung, der Schmiss
  4. 4
    der Rausschmiss
  5. 5
    der Rausschmiss, die Entlassung

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 "bounce"?
"bounce" is spelled B-O-U-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [baʊ̯ns].
What does "bounce" mean?
As a noun, "bounce" means: der Sprung, der Satz
How do you pronounce "bounce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bounce" is [baʊ̯ns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bounce" come from?
"bounce" 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 "bounce", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Broten#90,066capito#90,083consul#90,112Baikal#89,992

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list