büffeln

[ˈbʏfl̩n]

/[ˈbʏfl̩n]/ verb

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The verdict

“büffeln” is uncommon German (frequency #65,076 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,076
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intensiv lernen

Corpus desk

Index DE-buffeln · büffeln · German

büffeln · rank #65,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,076
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Böschungen

Nearest frequency peer: Böschungen (-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 „büffeln“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for büffeln
PropertyValue
Headwordbüffeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbʏfl̩n]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,076
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „büffeln“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Böschungen“ (#65,075), „Böhmens“ (#65,074), „Bäckermeister“ (#65,073). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „büffeln“ bei #65,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

büffeln is uncommon German at frequency #65,076 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbʏfl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "intensiv lernen".

Zero misspellings are on record for büffeln in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is büffeln, spelled B-Ü-F-F-E-L-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    intensiv lernen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ich muss noch büffeln, damit ich den Mathetest am Montag bestehe.

Synonyms

bimsenpauken

Antonyms

faulenzen

This word in other languages

swot(English)empollar(Español)bûcher(Français)

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 "büffeln"?
"büffeln" is spelled B-Ü-F-F-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʏfl̩n].
What does "büffeln" mean?
As a verb, "büffeln" means: intensiv lernen
How do you pronounce "büffeln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "büffeln" is [ˈbʏfl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "büffeln" come from?
"büffeln" 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 "büffeln", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Böhmens#65,074Buckeln#65,068Connery#65,087cuisine#65,094

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list