Brieftauben

[ˈbʁiːfˌtaʊ̯bən]

/[ˈbʁiːfˌtaʊ̯bən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Brieftauben” is uncommon German (frequency #70,104 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,104
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Brieftaube

Corpus desk

Index DE-brieftauben · Brieftauben · German

Brieftauben · rank #70,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,104
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bronzemedaill…

Nearest frequency peer: Bronzemedaillen (+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 „Brieftauben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Brieftauben
PropertyValue
HeadwordBrieftauben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʁiːfˌtaʊ̯bən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,104
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Brieftauben“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Brieftaubenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bronzemedaillen“ (#70,105), „Brotes“ (#70,106), „Browsers“ (#70,107). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Brieftauben“ bei #70,104. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Brieftauben is uncommon German at frequency #70,104 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁiːfˌtaʊ̯bən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Brieftauben, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Brieftauben, spelled B-R-I-E-F-T-A-U-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Brieftaube
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Brieftaube
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Brieftaube
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Brieftaube

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 "Brieftauben"?
"Brieftauben" is spelled B-R-I-E-F-T-A-U-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʁiːfˌtaʊ̯bən].
What does "Brieftauben" mean?
As a noun, "Brieftauben" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Brieftaube
How do you pronounce "Brieftauben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Brieftauben" is [ˈbʁiːfˌtaʊ̯bən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Brieftauben" come from?
"Brieftauben" 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 "Brieftauben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Beurkundung#70,085betreuenden#70,083beständiger#70,078conventions#70,141

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list