Bowler
[ˈboːlɐ]
The verdict
“Bowler” is uncommon German (frequency #99,593 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,593
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Position im Cricket, die als Mitglied der jeweiligen Feldmannschaft den Ball zu Beginn eines Spielzuges zum Batter schleudert
Corpus desk
Index DE-bowler · Bowler · German
Bowler · rank #99,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,593
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Bowlen
Nearest frequency peer: Bowlen (-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 „Bowler“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Bongos
Bongos
412 corpus weight
- boshafte
boshafte
410 corpus weight
- Bowlen
Bowlen
409 corpus weight
- Bowler
Bowler
408 corpus weight
- Brandmelder
Brandmelder
406 corpus weight
- Brenners
Brenners
405 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bowler“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bowler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bowler is uncommon German at frequency #99,593 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈboːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bowler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Iqba-virji sprang auf, nahm seinen Schläger - den er jeden zweiten Tag mit einem Spezialöl behandelte - und zeigte Prabhjot Kaur, wie er in einem einzigen Over drei Sechser erzielt hatte, gegen diesen Shahidul Almansoor, der sich für den besten Bowler der Provinz hielt.“
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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