buchstabieren
[ˌbuːxʃtaˈbiːʁən]
The verdict
“buchstabieren” is uncommon German (frequency #55,207 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,207
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die genaue Schreibweise eines sprachlichen Ausdrucks (meist eines Wortes, Namens) Buchstabe für Buchstabe angeben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buchstabieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌbuːxʃtaˈbiːʁən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #55,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buchstabieren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
buchstabieren is uncommon German at frequency #55,207 among 72,680 “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
- 1die genaue Schreibweise eines sprachlichen Ausdrucks (meist eines Wortes, Namens) Buchstabe für Buchstabe angeben
- 2etwas mühsam entziffern
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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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Using “buchstabieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-U-C-H-S-T-A-B-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌbuːxʃtaˈbiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.