buchstabieren

[ˌbuːxʃtaˈbiːʁən]

/[ˌbuːxʃtaˈbiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“buchstabieren” is uncommon German (frequency #55,207 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,207
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die genaue Schreibweise eines sprachlichen Ausdrucks (meist eines Wortes, Namens) Buchstabe für Buchstabe angeben

Corpus desk

Index DE-buchstabieren · buchstabieren · German

buchstabieren · rank #55,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,207
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH buk

Nearest frequency peer: buk (+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 „buchstabieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for buchstabieren
PropertyValue
Headwordbuchstabieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌbuːxʃtaˈbiːʁən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#55,207
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „buchstabieren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „buk“ (#55,208), „brig“ (#55,205), „Bun“ (#55,209). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „buchstabieren“ bei #55,207. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

buchstabieren is uncommon German at frequency #55,207 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌbuːxʃtaˈbiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for buchstabieren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is buchstabieren, spelled B-U-C-H-S-T-A-B-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die genaue Schreibweise eines sprachlichen Ausdrucks (meist eines Wortes, Namens) Buchstabe für Buchstabe angeben
  2. 2
    etwas mühsam entziffern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Besonders Eigennamen muss man oft buchstabieren.
  2. „Ich nahm das Glas, hob die Lampe etwas näher und begann die schwierige Handschrift zu buchstabieren.“

This word in other languages

spell(English)deletrear(Español)épeler(Français)soletrar(Português)

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 "buchstabieren"?
"buchstabieren" is spelled B-U-C-H-S-T-A-B-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌbuːxʃtaˈbiːʁən].
What does "buchstabieren" mean?
As a verb, "buchstabieren" means: die genaue Schreibweise eines sprachlichen Ausdrucks (meist eines Wortes, Namens) Buchstabe für Buchstabe angeben
How do you pronounce "buchstabieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buchstabieren" is [ˌbuːxʃtaˈbiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buchstabieren" come from?
"buchstabieren" 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 "buchstabieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list