Büchsen

[ˈbʏksn̩]

/[ˈbʏksn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Büchsen” is uncommon German (frequency #73,348 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,348
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-buchsen · Büchsen · German

Büchsen · rank #73,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,348
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bücherschrank

Nearest frequency peer: Bücherschrank (-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 „Büchsen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Büchsen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBüchsen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʏksn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,348
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Büchsen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Büchsenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bücherschrank“ (#73,347), „candela“ (#73,349), „capra“ (#73,350). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Büchsen“ bei #73,348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Büchsen is uncommon German at frequency #73,348 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʏksn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Büchsen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Büchsen, spelled B-Ü-C-H-S-E-N.

Definition

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

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 "Büchsen"?
"Büchsen" is spelled B-Ü-C-H-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʏksn̩].
What does "Büchsen" mean?
As a noun, "Büchsen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Büchse
How do you pronounce "Büchsen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Büchsen" is [ˈbʏksn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Büchsen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

candela#73,349Burrito#73,342Cheddar#73,358Bulimie#73,336

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list