Briefpapier

[ˈbʁiːfpaˌpiːɐ̯]

/[ˈbʁiːfpaˌpiːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Briefpapier” is uncommon German (frequency #63,183 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,183
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spezielles Papier zum Schreiben von Briefen

Corpus desk

Index DE-briefpapier · Briefpapier · German

Briefpapier · rank #63,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,183
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Brennpunkten

Nearest frequency peer: Brennpunkten (-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 „Briefpapier“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Briefpapier
PropertyValue
HeadwordBriefpapier
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁiːfpaˌpiːɐ̯]
Letters11
Frequency rank#63,183
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Briefpapier“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Brennpunkten“ (#63,182), „Brokern“ (#63,184), „brennbaren“ (#63,181). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Briefpapier“ bei #63,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Briefpapier is uncommon German at frequency #63,183 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁiːfpaˌpiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "spezielles Papier zum Schreiben von Briefen".

Briefpapier has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Briefpapier, spelled B-R-I-E-F-P-A-P-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    spezielles Papier zum Schreiben von Briefen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich brauche mal einen Bogen Briefpapier.
  2. „Ich versuchte den Leuten Briefpapier abzuschwatzen.“

This word in other languages

papier à lettres(Français)

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 "Briefpapier"?
"Briefpapier" is spelled B-R-I-E-F-P-A-P-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁiːfpaˌpiːɐ̯].
What does "Briefpapier" mean?
As a noun, "Briefpapier" means: spezielles Papier zum Schreiben von Briefen
How do you pronounce "Briefpapier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Briefpapier" is [ˈbʁiːfpaˌpiːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Briefpapier" come from?
"Briefpapier" 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 "Briefpapier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bewilligten#63,161chirurgisch#63,208Bergpredigt#63,156bereicherte#63,155

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list