Bowler
[ˈboːlɐ]
The verdict
“Bowler” is an uncommon German word, ranked #99,593 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #99,593
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Position im Cricket, die als Mitglied der jeweiligen Feldmannschaft den Ball zu Beginn eines Spielzuges zum Batter schleudert
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bowler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈboːlɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Bowler” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Bowler is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈboːlɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #99,593 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Position im Cricket, die als Mitglied der jeweiligen Feldmannschaft den Ball zu Beginn eines Spielzuges zum Batter schleudert".
Bowler has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Bowler, spelled B-O-W-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Position im Cricket, die als Mitglied der jeweiligen Feldmannschaft den Ball zu Beginn eines Spielzuges zum Batter schleudert
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 “Bowler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-O-W-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈboːlɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.