Bucht

/[bʊxt]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,735

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Bucht is aGermannoun. It means: eine Gewässerfläche innerhalb einer Einbiegung, Einwärtsbiegung von Küsten- und Uferlinien, innerhalb einer dreiseitigen Begrenzung durch Land Pronounced [bʊxt]. It ranks #7,735 in German word frequency. Often confused with but and buh.

Key facts for Bucht
PropertyValue
HeadwordBucht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʊxt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,735
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bucht in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bucht is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bʊxt]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,735 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bucht, with forms such as "bbucht", "bcuht", and "buccht". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "but", "buh", "bunt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bucht, spelled B-U-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Gewässerfläche innerhalb einer Einbiegung, Einwärtsbiegung von Küsten- und Uferlinien, innerhalb einer dreiseitigen Begrenzung durch Land
  2. 2
    eine von drei Seiten durch Bergzüge eingerahmte, ebene Landschaft
  3. 3
    ein kleiner Stall, Verschlag für Haustiere
  4. 4
    eine Wende in einem Seilverlauf, eine Schleife im Tau

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbucht,bcuht,buccht,buchht,buchtt,bucth,buhct,ubcht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bucht

Misspelling Variants of "Bucht"

bbucht6bcuht5buccht6buchht6buchtt6bucth5buhct5ubcht5
Misspelling Variants of "Bucht"

Frequency rank: #7,735 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bucht"?
"Bucht" is spelled B-U-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bʊxt].
What does "Bucht" mean?
As a noun, "Bucht" means: eine Gewässerfläche innerhalb einer Einbiegung, Einwärtsbiegung von Küsten- und Uferlinien, innerhalb einer dreiseitigen Begrenzung durch Land
What words are commonly confused with "Bucht"?
"Bucht" is commonly confused with "but", "buh", "bunt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bucht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bucht" is [bʊxt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bucht" come from?
"Bucht" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.