Buddhist

[bʊˈdɪst]

/[bʊˈdɪst]/ noun

The verdict

“Buddhist” is uncommon German (frequency #59,529 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,529
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anhänger des Buddhismus

Corpus desk

Index DE-buddhist · Buddhist · German

Buddhist · rank #59,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,529
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bucks

Nearest frequency peer: Bucks (-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 „Buddhist“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Buddhist
PropertyValue
HeadwordBuddhist
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʊˈdɪst]
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,529
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Buddhist“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Buddhistfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Bucks“ (#59,528), „Brüderchen“ (#59,526), „burner“ (#59,532). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Buddhist“ bei #59,529. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Buddhist is uncommon German at frequency #59,529 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bʊˈdɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anhänger des Buddhismus".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Buddhist, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Buddhist, spelled B-U-D-D-H-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anhänger des Buddhismus

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er ist übergewechselt und nun Buddhist.
  2. „Der Sohn des Majors war ein ganz normaler, ein traditioneller Buddhist auf dem Weg zur Erleuchtung.“

This word in other languages

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 "Buddhist"?
"Buddhist" is spelled B-U-D-D-H-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [bʊˈdɪst].
What does "Buddhist" mean?
As a noun, "Buddhist" means: Anhänger des Buddhismus
How do you pronounce "Buddhist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Buddhist" is [bʊˈdɪst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Buddhist" come from?
"Buddhist" 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 "Buddhist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list