Bundesrat

/[ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,645

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Bundesrat is aGermannoun. It means: Verfassungsorgan, Vertretung der Bundesländer (kein Plural) Pronounced [ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt]. It ranks #6,645 in German word frequency. Often confused with Bundestag and Bundesrats.

Key facts for Bundesrat
PropertyValue
HeadwordBundesrat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,645
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bundesrat is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,645 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bundesrat, with forms such as "bbundesrat", "bnudesrat", and "budnesrat". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Bundestag", "Bundesrats", "Bundesrates", 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 Bundesrat, spelled B-U-N-D-E-S-R-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verfassungsorgan, Vertretung der Bundesländer (kein Plural)
  2. 2
    Regierung
  3. 3
    Person, die dem (schweizerischen) Bundesrat angehört

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbundesrat,bnudesrat,budnesrat,bunddesrat,bundersat,bundesart,bundesratt,bundesrrat,bundesrta,bundessrat,bundserat,bunedsrat,bunndesrat,ubndesrat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bundesrat

Misspelling Variants of "Bundesrat"

bbundesrat10bnudesrat9budnesrat9bunddesrat10bundersat9bundesart9bundesratt10bundesrrat10
Misspelling Variants of "Bundesrat"

Frequency rank: #6,645 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bundesrat"?
"Bundesrat" is spelled B-U-N-D-E-S-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt].
What does "Bundesrat" mean?
As a noun, "Bundesrat" means: Verfassungsorgan, Vertretung der Bundesländer (kein Plural)
What words are commonly confused with "Bundesrat"?
"Bundesrat" is commonly confused with "Bundestag", "Bundesrats", "Bundesrates". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bundesrat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bundesrat" is [ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bundesrat" come from?
"Bundesrat" 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.