bunch

[bʌnʃ]

/[bʌnʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“bunch” is uncommon German (frequency #77,790 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,790
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Bündel, das Büschel

Corpus desk

Index DE-bunch · bunch · German

bunch · rank #77,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,790
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Budweis

Nearest frequency peer: Budweis (-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 „bunch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bunch
PropertyValue
Headwordbunch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bʌnʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#77,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bunch“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Budweis“ (#77,789), „Bundespressekonferenz“ (#77,791), „buddhistischer“ (#77,788). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bunch“ bei #77,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bunch is uncommon German at frequency #77,790 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bʌnʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

bunch has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bunch, spelled B-U-N-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Bündel, das Büschel
  2. 2
    bei Blumen: der Strauß
  3. 3
    die Gruppe, der Haufen
  4. 4
    der Schwarm, der Trupp

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 "bunch"?
"bunch" is spelled B-U-N-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [bʌnʃ].
What does "bunch" mean?
As a noun, "bunch" means: das Bündel, das Büschel
How do you pronounce "bunch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bunch" is [bʌnʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bunch" come from?
"bunch" 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 "bunch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bubis#77,787dalla#77,831batch#77,720asuka#77,685

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list