boyfriend

[ˈbɔɪˌfrend]

/[ˈbɔɪˌfrend]/ noun

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The verdict

“boyfriend” is an uncommon German word, ranked #66,062 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#66,062
frequency rank, German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - männliche Person in einer romantischen oder sexuellen Beziehung

Key facts for boyfriend
PropertyValue
Headwordboyfriend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbɔɪˌfrend]
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,062
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “boyfriend” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). boyfriend lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for boyfriend is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbɔɪˌfrend]. Corpus data places it at rank #66,062 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for boyfriend, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is boyfriend, spelled B-O-Y-F-R-I-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    männliche Person in einer romantischen oder sexuellen Beziehung
  2. 2
    US-amerikanisch: befreundete männliche Person

Antonyms

enemyfoe

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 "boyfriend"?
"boyfriend" is spelled B-O-Y-F-R-I-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbɔɪˌfrend].
What does "boyfriend" mean?
As a noun, "boyfriend" means: männliche Person in einer romantischen oder sexuellen Beziehung
How do you pronounce "boyfriend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "boyfriend" is [ˈbɔɪˌfrend]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "boyfriend" come from?
"boyfriend" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “boyfriend”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is B-O-Y-F-R-I-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈbɔɪˌfrend] (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list