buntem
[ˈbʊntəm]
The verdict
“buntem” is uncommon German (frequency #50,358 among 72,680 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,358
- frequency rank, German
- 72,680
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bunt
Corpus desk
Index DE-buntem · buntem · German
buntem · rank #50,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,358
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 72,680
- PHOTO-FINISH Bundestagswah…
Nearest frequency peer: Bundestagswahlkampf (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “buntem”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bulldogs
Bulldogs
49,648 corpus weight
- bulli
bulli
49,647 corpus weight
- Bundesminis…
Bundesministerin
49,645 corpus weight
- Bundestagsw…
Bundestagswahlkampf
49,644 corpus weight
- buntem
buntem
49,643 corpus weight
- Burghof
Burghof
49,642 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “buntem” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buntem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbʊntəm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “buntem” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
buntem is uncommon German at frequency #50,358 among 72,680 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈbʊntəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
buntem doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is buntem, spelled B-U-N-T-E-M.
Definition
- 1Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bunt
- 2Dativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs bunt
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.