Brigittenau
[bʁiɡɪtəˈnaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Brigittenau” is uncommon German (frequency #95,364 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,364
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zwanzigster Bezirk der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien
Corpus desk
Index DE-brigittenau · Brigittenau · German
Brigittenau · rank #95,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,364
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Brindisi
Nearest frequency peer: Brindisi (+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 „Brigittenau“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- boxes
boxes
4,640 corpus weight
- Brezn
Brezn
4,639 corpus weight
- Brigittenau
Brigittenau
4,637 corpus weight
- Brindisi
Brindisi
4,636 corpus weight
- brutalsten
brutalsten
4,635 corpus weight
- brute
brute
4,634 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Brigittenau“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Brigittenau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [bʁiɡɪtəˈnaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Brigittenau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Brigittenau is uncommon German at frequency #95,364 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [bʁiɡɪtəˈnaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Brigittenau has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Brigittenau, spelled B-R-I-G-I-T-T-E-N-A-U.
Definition
- 1zwanzigster Bezirk der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien
- 2ehemaliger Vorort, nunmehr Ortsteil des gleichnamigen Bezirkes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Brigittenau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bereits 1871 wurde die erste Petition an den Wiener Gemeinderat überreicht, um eine Abtrennung der Brigittenau von der Leopoldstadt zu bewirken.
Die Brigittenau, das ist jener Bezirk, wo ein Frisörbesuch - für Männer - im Schnitt nur 10 Euro kostet und das Eis in den meisten Fällen nach Industrie und nicht nach frischen Früchten schmeckt.
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).