Buchform
[ˈbuːxˌfɔʁm]
The verdict
“Buchform” is uncommon German (frequency #50,349 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,349
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gegenstand, der die Beschaffenheit und das Aussehen eines Buches hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-buchform · Buchform · German
Buchform · rank #50,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,349
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH Browning
Nearest frequency peer: Browning (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Buchform”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- broke
broke
49,656 corpus weight
- Brotzeit
Brotzeit
49,654 corpus weight
- Browning
Browning
49,653 corpus weight
- Buchform
Buchform
49,652 corpus weight
- Bulgariens
Bulgariens
49,650 corpus weight
- Bulldog
Bulldog
49,649 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Buchform” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Buchform |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbuːxˌfɔʁm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Buchform” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Buchform is uncommon German at frequency #50,349 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbuːxˌfɔʁm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gegenstand, der die Beschaffenheit und das Aussehen eines Buches hat".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Buchform, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Buchform, spelled B-U-C-H-F-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1Gegenstand, der die Beschaffenheit und das Aussehen eines Buches hat
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Buchform", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.